By Top officials of the N-Power project on Thursday had an interactive session with Lagos State volunteers of the project to address issues surrounding delay in payment of monthly stipends. The team was led by Senior Special Adviser to the President on Job Creation and Employment, Mr Afolabi
The meeting was held at The Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos. Also in attendance at the session were some officials of Lagos State Government led by the Commissioner of Woman Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Mrs Lola Akande.
BlackBox Nigeria gathered that the officials from Abuja addressed issues surrounding non payment of monthly stipends, disqualification of members among other burning issues.
It will be recalled that the Lagos State chapter of the project held protests earlier in the year as they called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to help interface why the State volunteers were yet to be paid, just as other States have started receiving payments.
The N-Power project is a programme launched by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to cater for unemployed Nigerians as it was planned to get them engaged in different sectors of the economy with stipends paid to them monthly.
The officials stated that some of the volunteers had irregularities in their registered names just as BVN mismatch was also witnessed which resulted in non payment of the stipends. An email was then provided where complaints can be sent to for quick resolution.
A BlackBox Nigeria reader who was present at the session disclosed that all volunteers with issues related to their change of name, irregularities in account details among others were advised to forward their complains to [email protected] and [email protected]
Below is the final brief that was concluded on after the session as shared by a volunteer…
FOCAL POINTS OF TODAY’S INTERACTIVE SESSION WITH THE NPOWER MONITORING TEAM LED BY MR. AFOLABI (SSA TO THE PRESIDENT ON JOB CREATION AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT):-
1. For the unpaid, they are to go to their respective financial institutions to get their Financial info I.e BVN printout.
2. The Verified but Blank. Unverified. Category one were advised to humble themselves and accept that they were not verified however, info will be given as regards reverification though that will be done internally in three weeks time.
3. For those who were disqualified due to discrepancies in age, a discretionary approval will be made PROVIDED they can prove that they were born 1981 and above or those who filled in 1985 while the docs presented; indicated 1986.
These category of individuals can only be helped if their age declaration or any other documents is not later than December 2016
4. Wrong spelling of names or the married women who registered with maiden names: Get your documents , scan them and send to the dedicated email help lines stating your requests.
5. Wrong spelling of names or the married women who registered with maiden names: Get your documents , scan them and send to the dedicated email help lines stating your requests.
6. Some people didn’t get paid due to fraudulent activities of individuals. A case was noted where a cafe operator tried circumventing the stipends of 8 volunteers. I can’t say if he succeeded. This is a note of warning to our lazy volunteers that sit at home and send their friends etc sensitive info to operate for them. The internet is for everyone to explore.
7. December and January stipends will be worked on, as all participants will surely receive 24 months stipends.
Send your issues to [email protected] and [email protected] for fast result.
