FG Sacks Over 5, 781 N-Power Beneficiaries

President Muhammadu Buhari’s “Next Level” administration has sacked over N5,781 beneficiaries of the National Social Investment Program of Nigeria (N-Power).

NewsOne Nigeria reports that the sack of the N-Power beneficiaries was made known on Saturday by the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President Buhari on Job Creation and Youth Employment, Afolabi Imoukheude.

This online news platform understands that the N-Power beneficiaries were sacked over truancy and lackadaisical attitude.

The SSA to the President Buhari on Job Creation and Youth Employment said complaints received from the places of primary assignment of the affected beneficiaries were overwhelming, adding that the N-Power beneficiaries had refused to comply with the federal government despite letters written to them to explain themselves.

His words: “If you do not do the right thing and you are paid, you are stealing the money. Note that the funds are not mine but that of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“We have been receiving enormous complaints that a lot of you no longer go to work. The headteacher in your Primary Place of Assignment (PPA) is your Buhari and have the responsibility to teach, monitor and educate you.

N-Power Beneficiaries

“I have some good news for most of you, 5,781 of you have been forcefully exited out of the programme because of disciplinary issues.

“Perhaps you will begin to believe that states have authority over you. We also receive reports of those who absconded and you know the terms and conditions attached to be an N-power beneficiary.

“There have been so many insinuations around ghost workers in N-power.

“There are no ghost workers in N-power, there cannot even be because having conducted a physical verification and confirming those who come into the programme for them not to exist.

“What happens to those who do not receive alert? It is because of validation and we try to contact you via phone number, email address to go regularise yourself with your bank and update your details.”