TheMinistry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management has given slots toNigerian lawmakers in the ongoing recruitment for N-Power.
N-Power is one of the schemes in the National Social Investments Programmeintroduced by the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to address thechallenges of youth unemployment by providing a structure for large-scale andrelevant skills acquisition and development while linking its core and outcomesto fixing inadequate public services and stimulating the larger economy.
The scheme has however, been embroiled in irregularities following thecommencement of the second tenure of the President when the ministry wascreated to handle the programme.
The ministry had announced that its registration portal will reopen forregistration out of which 400,000 beneficiaries will be taken from theapplication pool.
According to SaharaReporters, the ministry allocatedabout 50,000 slots to federal lawmakers and other politicians across thecountry.
As the portal for the registration opened it was gathered that the lawmakers printed registration forms ofN-Power, which they shared among their cronies.
This would not only thwart the vision for the creation of the scheme butalso deny ordinary Nigerians the opportunity to partake in the scheme.
Some of the lawmakers, who received slots under the corrupt scheme includePresident of the National Assembly, Ahmad Lawan; Senator Abdul Ningi; andSpeaker of Bauchi State House of Assembly, Abubakar Y Suleiman.
Recall that the lawmakers had in April piled pressure on the minister,Sadiya Farouq, to give room for their intervention in the NSIP.
The lawmakers finally had their way to benefit from the conditional cashtransfers in the country as well as other schemes under Farouq after a meeting
with her.