Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo has attributed the failure of
the Federal Government to engage 200,000 graduates in October as
promised to the need to get the required equipment.
He however assured Nigerians that the graduates would be engaged in the next two weeks.
According to a statement on Sunday by his spokesman, Mr.
Laolu Akande, the Vice-President disclosed this while speaking at the
Apostolic Coalition Summit in Lagos.
“The programme should have commenced as of October 31, 2016,
but is delayed on account of the fact that we are trying to get as many
of the equipment that we require,” he was quoted to have said.
Osinbajo was referring to the tablets that would be given to
all the 500,000 N-power undergraduate participants, according to the
statement.
He further disclosed that out of the 200,000 unemployed
Nigerians that have been selected, 150,000 would teach and serve in
their communities; 30,000 would serve as Agric Extension Workers and
20,000 would serve as public health workers.
He added that each of the unemployed graduates would get a
N30,000 monthly stipend, and also get an electronic tablet that would be
packaged with several applications that would train and empower the
participants.
The Vice-President reiterated that the N-Power scheme was
launched as a volunteer programme “to create temporary opportunities for
young graduates, to at least be doing something and many of them would
be volunteer teachers, health officials and extension workers, who will
earn a stipend.”
Sunday, 6 November 2016
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