BREAKING: FG Shortlisted 500,000 N-Power Beneficiaries As Batch C Stream 1

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Posted: June 8, 2021 at 5:55 PM, Updated: September 21, 2022 at 7:46 AM

The 550,000 short-listed applicants are being individually contacted via their e-mail addresses provided and are first advised to check and then immediately log on to the NASIMS self-service portal and enrol their biometric data to qualify for final selection.

PRESS STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF HUMANITARIAN AFFAIRS DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SADIYA UMAR FAROUQ ON PROGRESS OF THE NATIONAL

1. On the 11th of March 2021, the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development launched the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS), for the Batch C applicants who were requested to urgently update their personal information and subsequently, take an online test via the NASIMS Portal.

2. By the 3rd week of May 2021, over 1.8 million Nigerians successfully updated their records and took the compulsory online test.

3. Further screening was undertaken and a short-list of 550,000 applicants qualified for the final selection to engage 500,000 nationwide to serve as the first stream of the N-Power Batch C programme. This is the Batch C1. The second batch of another 500,000 will subsequently be made in line with Mr Presidentâ€™s directive to engage 1,000,000 beneficiaries under the Batch C.

4. The 550,000 short-listed applicants are being individually contacted via their e-mail addresses provided and are first advised to check and then immediately log on to the NASIMS self-service portal and enrol their biometric data to qualify for final selection.

5. In the e-mail notifications sent to all short-listed applicants, detailed instructions on next steps are provided.

6. Additionally, applicants are invited to please call the dedicated NASIMS, N-Power helplines on 0188883410 or 08176551162 or send an email to [email protected] for further enquiries on their application status and any other questions they may have. They must ensure that they keep their application details handy to ensure hitch free communication with the call centre desk.

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7. I am also pleased to inform you that the Ministry has recommenced the
National Home-Grown School Feeding programme. A total of 9,196,823
pupils in classes 1 to 3 in public primary schools will receive one
nutritious meal daily in all 54,619 schools nationwide.

Thee programme is being
8.
expanded to accommodate an additional 5 million children in line with
the directives of His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari.

9.
The outcomes of this programme includes increase in school enrolment,
improved nutrition for benefiting pupils, boosting of local economies
and facilitating job creation through the activities of 103,028 cooks,
100,000 small holder farmers and numerous aggregators and commodity
transporters engaged nationwide.

10. Furthermore, I am happy to
report to you that plans to on-board the second Batch of beneficiaries
under the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (GEEP) are
nearing completion and will be made public soon.

11. Also as part
of the NSIP, the Rapid Response Register (RRR) has been put in place by
the Ministry as a shock responsive intervention register specifically
targeted at the Urban Informal workers impacted by the Covid 19
Pandemic.

One million Beneficiaries will receive monthly cash
transfers of N5,000 for 6 months. A pilot commenced earlier this year
with 3,115 beneficiaries in Lagos and Abuja. It will be up scaled
nationwide and beneficiaries will start receiving their stipends soon.

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