President Bola Tinubu has suspended indefinitely, the N-Power programme introduced by former President Muhammadu Buhari- led Federal Government to combat youth unemployment and promote social development.
The President stated this through the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr Betta Edu.
Edu, who announced the suspension during an interview with TVC News, stated that the decision to suspend the programme was due to several flaws within the scheme.
The Minister added that a government’s probe into how the money has been used since the programme’s inception has already kick-started.According to Edu, some of the beneficiaries are not found in their place of assignments yet they expect monthly stipends.
The minister added that some of the beneficiaries should have left the programme since 2022 but are still on the payroll.
Edu said, “We must go back to look into N-Power and understand what the problems are so, we will basically suspend the programe for now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of fund into the N-Power programme.
“We want to know how many persons are basically on the program right now, how many persons are owed, amount they are owed. We are totally restructuring the N-Power and expanding it.
“There are lots going on. We met people who are supposed to have exited the programme since last year and they are still on claiming that they are still teaching.
“Sometimes we contact the school or the places where they are working and they are not there. They are not working yet they keep claiming that they are being owed eight or nine months stipends.“About 80 percent of them are not working yet they are claiming salaries.”
