N-Power Responds to Inquiries on Alleged Thumbprint for Beneficiaries

• The All Progressives Congress (APC) administration's N-Power scheme has quashed reports of an ongoing thumbprinting exercise for some beneficiaries
• Legit.ng understands that thumbprint evidence is used to confirm or disprove a person's identity
• The method was deployed by Nigerian authorities during the process of onboarding the N-Power batches A, B, and C beneficiaries

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FCT, Abuja - N-Power has warned that there is no thumb printing exercise going on.

The federal government's social empowerment programme asked prospective beneficiaries to always monitor all its active social media platforms, "as that is where you will get any latest information".

N-Power latest information

Legit.ng reports that the N-Power programme is the All Progressives Congress (APC) government's work-for-cash scheme for young graduates. In the programme, Nigerian youths were posted to schools, medical centres, and farms across the country, and earned a monthly stipend of N30,000.

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Already, three batches have benefitted from the N-Power initiative. However, the FG said the redesigned scheme would create jobs for at least five million youths.

A recent tweet-reply on the official handle of the famed scheme reads:

"Kindly note that there is no thumbprint going on.

"Please stay tuned on all our active social media platforms, as that is where you will get any latest information. Best Regards."

'Stipends will be paid': N-Power

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that N-Power said "all eligible beneficiaries" will be paid their outstanding stipends.

The N-Power scheme said Betta Edu, the minister of humanitarian affairs and poverty alleviation; alongside Akindele Egbuwalo, the N-Power national programme manager; "are effortlessly working on resolving all payment issues".

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N-Power speaks on purported NEXIT package

Legit.ng also reported that N-Power said it does not have any information regarding the NEXIT.

Responding to a social media user who inquired about the purported NEXIT package, N-Power said it does not have any information about it.

N-Power mute on Batch C

In another related news, Legit.ng reported that N-Power said Batches A and B beneficiaries are no longer in the programme.

Handlers of the scheme, meanwhile, were mute on Batch C.

Source: Legit.ng