Beneficiaries of the Federal Government funded empowerment programme, N-power have accused the government of using them to win the 2019 presidential election and thereafter dumping them, Voice Air Media reports
The beneficiaries further berated the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development for leaving them in the dark as regards their entitlements since they were disengaged.
The beneficiaries led by Comrade Bashir Usman Gobir, the National President of N-power Beneficiaries Association of Nigeria in all the 36 States and FCT staged a peaceful protest in Bauchi to express their displeasure over the situation.
Speaking with Journalists after the protest, Bashir Usman Gobir said that, “We are here at the NUJ Press Center in Bauchi to express our displeasure with the Federal Government of Nigeria over the promise made to over 500,000 people who participated in the N-power program across the country” .
According to him, “In 2016, 200,000 beneficiaries were enrolled, in 2017 another 300,000 were enrolled making a total of 500,000, the programme was meant to run for 2 years, so, because of the 2019 general elections, we were told that our payments will continue. CONTINUE READING…
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