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.”
Culled: Punchng
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