Over 2000 N-power volunteers paid allowance in Taraba

The N-power Focal Person in Taraba, Mrs. Beatrice Kitchener, Saturday, said over 2000 volunteers have been paid their allowances under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Scheme. She disclosed this while answering questions from journalists  in Jalingo, on the activities of the scheme.   Mrs Kitchener explained that her office had updated the profiles of another […]

The N-power Focal Person in Taraba, Mrs. Beatrice Kitchener, Saturday, said over 2000 volunteers have been paid their allowances under the Federal Government’s Social Investment Scheme.

She disclosed this while answering questions from journalists  in Jalingo, on the activities of the scheme.

  Mrs Kitchener explained that her office had updated the profiles of another 1000 volunteers who were expected to be paid their allowances any time from now. 

She blamed the delay in the payment of allowances of 1000 volunteers to errors made in updating their  profiles, adding that the problem had been  rectified and would soon be paid.

 Mrs Kitchener noted that discrepancies in  bank details and profiles of the volunteers were partly responsible for their invalidation.

According to her, bank BVN details had indicated that some of the disqualified volunteers were already employed while others exceeded the maximum 35 years requirement.

She explained further that  another set of over 400 volunteers, who were erroneously alleged to be absent from duty, were expected to be paid in May.

She  said out of the 30,000 applications for both N-power employment and N-power empowerment from the state, 3965 applicants were successful for N-power employment category.