FG Empowered 16,629 Npower Batch C beneficiaries with N5.9B In Kano State

FG Empowered 16,629 Npower Batch C beneficiaries with N5.9B In Kano State

In today's latest Npower news, FG Empowered 16,629 Npower Batch C beneficiaries with N5.9B In Kano State and not 177 as reported in the misleading heading circulating online.

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The Federal Government said that, they wish to draw attention to this misleading headline from @MobilePunch which says that FG trains 177 youths in smartphone repairs with N5.9bn.

FG clarified the misleading heading but saying that "According to the story, as reported by Punch, the amount in question is for a total of 16,629 youths in Batch C of the NPower Programme in Kano. We hope that the newspaper will give it the required correction, FG said.

The Federal Government, on Thursday, confirmed committing the sum of N5.9 billion on training, tooling and monthly stipends for the Batch C beneficiaries of the N-Power Programme In Kano State.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disasters Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq made the disclosure at the closing ceremony of not less than 177 youths, who benefited, from the government's training on Smart Phone Repairs and Services under the Npower N-Skills programme, a component of the N-Power programme in Kano.

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The Minister, who was represented by the Special Assistant to the President on N-Skills, Dr Nasir Mahmoud, disclosed that about 16,629 youths were currently benefiting from the programme (under Batch C) in the state.