The application process commenced on June 12th 2016 and was to close on Monday, July 25, 2016.
In a statement on Monday, the senior special assistant to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on media and publicity, Laolu Akande, said that the extension is in line with the government’s promise of empowering and uplifting young Nigerians by improving their livelihood and creating opportunities such as this.
“The Federal Government is providing an additional grace period for more young Nigerians to access the N-Power opportunity. The new deadline for the receipt of applications is now Wednesday, August 31, 2016.
The statement explained that N-Power is one of the initiatives of the N500 billion President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Investment Programme designed to empower young Nigerians with life-long skills to find or create work.
“The N-Power programme is segmented into three: N-Power
Teachers Corps Agriculture & Health related jobs; N-Power Knowledge for ICT, N-Power Build for building services & artisanal training”
It said that N-Power is targeted at young Nigerians aged between 18 and 35 and is aimed at enlisting a total of 600,000 young Nigerians in phases, and under different sectors, in the largest capacity development and empowerment effort yet in the country.
“The Federal Government will continue to work with the State Governments through their respective focal persons on Social Investments to ensure that N-Power is diverse and inclusive.
“This extension presents an opportunity for persons who have not had the opportunity to apply to do so now. This will also allow those yet to complete the application process to ensure they see the process through as incomplete applications will not be processed.
“To apply, simply log on to www.npower.gov.ng and register for any one of the three sub-programmes.”
It asked the applicants to note that applications may be subject to other criteria which can be found on the N-Power website, saying that applicants who have any challenge with uploading supporting documents unto the Portal because of the size of the files, should attach such documents in a mail transmitted to support@npower.gov.ng
“After the Application portal closes, there will be a verification, testing and selection process before successful applicants are enlisted in phases as the specific programme design may necessitate.
“The Federal Government will publicise the selection criteria before the application process comes to a close.
“Modalities relating to the enlistment process will no longer commence today as earlier envisaged due to the demand for extension by many Nigerians from across several states.”
The statement made it clear that the government is committed to ensuring that through N-Power, young Nigerians will acquire the skills and knowledge to become the driving forces of Nigeria’s economic growth and social development. [myad]
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