The Federal Government has said that all batches A and B beneficiaries of the N-Power programme have been paid their outstanding allowances.
The Minister for Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, on Thursday, May 27, during a workshop organised by the ministry on effective media reporting of the humanitarian sector in Abuja, said;
“I don’t think we still have the issue of N-Power backlog. We have sorted that out with the office of the Accountant General of the Federation.
“It has been a very tedious process but as at the last count, we have paid all the beneficiaries after the series of processes.
“Now, we have moved to the Batch C. Currently, the Ministry is about concluding the enrollment of 1,000,000 Batch-C applicants in two streams of 500,000 in the first instance and another 500,000 later.
“For the Batch A and B, as you are aware, they have exited and they have been put into programme in partnership with the Central Bank of Nigeria for them to be engaged in meaningful employment or trade.”
Farouq noted that her office will commence payment of N5,000 each to one million urban workers in the informal sector.
“The Rapid Response Register has been put in place by the Ministry as a shock responsive intervention register specifically targeted at the urban informal workers impacted by the Covid-19 Pandemic.
“One million beneficiaries will receive cash transfers of N5,000 for six months. A pilot scheme commenced earlier this year with 3,115 beneficiaries in Lagos and Abuja. It will be scaled nationwide.”
