Nigerian federal government has announced that the distribution of first
batch of the devices to be issued to N-Power volunteers would commence
on July 15.
The Presidential Adviser on Job Creation, Afolabi Imoukhuede made the
disclosure at the weekend in an interaction with some volunteers in Imo
State.
He, however, urged those not captured to wait for their turns as they
would receive messages when to visit the distribution centres.
His words: “N-Power is promise made and promise kept; we looking
forward to deployment of another 300,000 while non-graduate redeployment
will be done from July ending.
“That you are paid directly is a strategy not to abuse the process
but that does not in any way whittle down the powers of the state
stakeholders to discipline you.
“The stipends that you receive is payment for work done and you must
go to work, clock in and out, and refrain from frivolous excuses to be
absent.
“Your performance is in your hands because the president has given you a chance to acquire employability skills and experience”.
Imoukhuede also led the N-Power Monitoring and Evaluation team to a meeting with Governor, Rochas Okorocha.
He stressed that the state institutional partners were empowered to
monitor and discipline erring beneficiaries, saying all volunteers must
obey the rules existing in their places of work.
According to him, 4,334 volunteers were posted to the state while 3,848 qualified to be deployed after physical verification.
He told the governor that out of the 1.99 million applications
received so far in the on-going exercise, 105,336 Imo graduates across
the country applied with 45,798 of them were resident in the state.
Imoukhuede said that 50 per cent of the applications were from Owerri
North, Owerri South and Owerri West, and advised those in the rural
areas to utilise the remaining days to apply as they stood better
chances for selection.
In his remarks, Okorocha hailed the scheme as laudable and requested
the federal government to domesticate the engagement process to enable
states to drive down its impact to the grassroots