Npower News: Beneficiaries Lament Non-Payment of Four Months Stipend

Batch C, Stream 2 beneficiaries of the Npower social intervention scheme lament non-payment of four months allowance. The affected beneficiaries claimed that many of them are hungry and sick because of the situation. 

Investors King learnt that some of the beneficiaries have resulted to attacking the government for its failure to do the needful. 

It would be recalled that Npower Batch C, Stream 2 beneficiaries were mobilised in September 2022 and resumed their places of primary assignment on the 4th of October 2022. 

Some of the beneficiaries had taken to the social media to narrate the challenges most of them are facing. 

Charles Okori stated on Twitter that a number of them find it difficult to transport to their PPA. 

“We have been working tirelessly since October 2022 without a single salary. People are really suffering going to their PPA, please come to people’s aid because Buhari and Sadiya Umar Farouq don’t have a single human sympathy in their hearts,” Charlse Okori narrated. 

Another beneficiary with the name Aduni Adeyinka stated the allegation that billions of naira have been diverted from the Npower fund is now taking a toll on the beneficiaries. 

Aduni wrote. “It is shameful and extremely painful that our government has held onto our four-month stipends without any explanation whatsoever. Maybe the allegation against D’banj is actually true.”

It would be recalled that a popular musician, Oladapo Oyebamiji popularly known as D’banj was arrested and interrogated by the Independent Corrupt Practices & Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over issues bordering on the diversion of Npower fund using a fake Npower list. 

After his arrest, it was reported that over 90,000 ghost workers were fraudulently introduced into the Npower programme leading to the diversion of billions of naira into private pockets. 

What is Npower 

Introduced in 2016, Npower is a youth empowerment scheme sponsored by the Nigerian government under the Social Investment Programme (SIP).

Other programmes under the scheme include Home Grown School Feeding, Tradermoni, Marketmoni and the Conditional Cash Transfer.