The Federal Government has received a total of 6.4 million applications for its N-Power Batch-C youth empowerment scheme.
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, disclosed this on Tuesday.
N-Power is a scheme that was established by the Federal Government in June 2016 to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development.
Speaking in Abuja at the humanitarian ministry open house event/inauguration of Internally Displaced Persons Policy, she stated that 510,000 applicants had been enrolled, while 490,000 would come on board.
Farouq said, “The ministry successfully exited the 500,000 Batches A and B N-Power beneficiaries in 2020 and received about 6.4 million applications for Batch C.
“From Batches A and B, 109,823 beneficiaries have gone on to set up businesses in their communities, underlining and highlighting the impact and importance of the N-Power Programme.
“Under Batch-C stream 1 there are 510,000 currently enrolled and benefitting from the programme, while an additional 490,000 will be enrolled following presidential approval to increase the number to one million.”
