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History of N-power in Nigeria and the benefit so far



As promised during the Democracy Day speech by President Muhammadu Buhari, the N-Power job application portal was officially opened for Nigerian youths to submit the online applications on June 12, 2016. June 12 was another significant day in Nigeria’s democratic process.
Worried by the acute rate of unemployment among Nigerian youths, President Muhammadu Buhari made one of the most remarkable speeches on May 29, 2016 (a day formally set aside for Democracy Day celebration) that 500, 000 Nigerian graduates would be employed through his Social Intervention Programme (SIP) which has N-Power under it. At its kick-off stage in 2016 200, 000 unemployed Nigerian graduates were employed and onboarded with billions of Naira spent on N-Power monthly.
What is N-Power?
The programme, N-Power means Nigeria ways of empowering the Nigerian youths through government-backed opportunities. The opportunities include training of the unemployed youths so that they would be employable and be self-reliant.
When the government of the All Progressive Congress (APC) announced it would employ 500, 000 through N-Power in 2016 the objectives for the initiative was set aside to include:
1. To put under control the rate of unemployment among Nigerian graduates and youths who roam the street jobless.
2. To train them so that they would be employable.
3. To support them with a monthly stipend to enable them to undertake some financial responsibility.
4. To complement public service
5. To fill the shortage of human resources that were obviously glaring in government facilities like health centres, schools, Agric extension.
     The N-power program is divided into two categories.
1. Graduate category
2. Non-graduate category.
      The graduate category of the programme is designed for those who have a first degree like B.A, BSc, HND, OND, ND, NCE and those with a certificate at health technology schools.
   The graduate programme is further divided into sections which include:
N-Teach
N-Healt 
N-Agro
N-Power Community Education
N-Tax
  N-Power Non-graduate
This is the category specifically designed for those who have minimum of SSCE, GCE, NABTEB or its equivalent.
People under this category are mostly who have the capacity to acquire new skills and ideas. They are teachable.
Categories of N-Power Non-Graduate Programme
This category is also known as N-Power knowledge, it has the following under it:
Tech software.
Hardware.
Creative.
Build.

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