Over 700,000 applications have been recorded in the Federal Government’s ongoing job creation portal, with an apparent reduction in the progression recorded at the beginning, BusinessDay can report.
The excitement seems to have waned on the side of the applicants as barely 36 hours after the launch of the site, it was announced that about 403, 528 successful applications had been received. The N-Power online portal was launched on the 12th of June 2016.
This is even as the Federal Government on Monday extended the timeline for the N-Power online jobs and training applications has been extended till the end of August. This it said is in order to pull in more potentially qualified candidates and expand the opportunity base around and across the country.
BusinessDay findings show that as at Friday last week, the number of recorded applications rose above 700,000 as the FG targets to get applications from more qualified hands by the end of the month.
Information from the Office of the Vice President confirmed that as at Monday afternoon, the N-Power online portal which was launched on the 12th of June had recorded applications and was gradually looking towards 800, 000.
Unemployment rate in Nigeria, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, is put at over 1.45million.
However, being very keen on keeping its promise of empowering and uplifting young Nigerians by improving their livelihood and creating opportunities such as this (in an as inclusive and diverse manner), the FG is providing an additional grace period for more young Nigerians to access the N-Power opportunity., the Vice President’s media aide, Laoulu Akande said on
Monday.
The new deadline for the receipt of applications is now Wednesday, August 31, 2016.
N-Power is one of the initiatives of the N500biilon 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 N-Power Teachers Corps Agriculture & Health related jobs, N-Power Knowledge for ICT and N-Power Build for building services and artisanal training.
The N-Power is targeted at young Nigerians between the ages of 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.
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, Akande said adding that 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.
The new deadline for the receipt of applications is now Wednesday, August 31, 2016.
N-Power is one of the initiatives of the N500biilon 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 N-Power Teachers Corps Agriculture & Health related jobs, N-Power Knowledge for ICT and N-Power Build for building services and artisanal training.
The N-Power is targeted at young Nigerians between the ages of 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.
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, Akande said adding that 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.
The FG, Akande said would carryout a verification 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.
Once again, the Federal 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” Akande said.
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