OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

PRESS RELEASE

200,000 SELECTED UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES TO START WORK SOON - VP OSINBAJO

*150,000 to teach
*30,000 to serve as Agric extension workers
*20,000 as public health workers

The inaugural set of 200,000 unemployed graduates already selected in the first batch of the N-power volunteer job and training scheme of the Buhari Social Investment Programmes should start work in the next two weeks.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN made this disclosure over the weekend while speaking at the Apostolic Coalition Summit in Lagos.

According to him as a stop gap measure, the Buhari administration is engaged in direct creation of jobs, including the plan to create 500, 000 jobs for unemployed graduates.

He explained that the programme should have commenced "as at October 31, 2016, but is delayed on account of the fact that we are trying to get as many of the equipments that we require," referring to the tablets that would be given to all the 500,000 N-power undergraduate participants.

The Vice President also explained that efforts are being made "to ensure that all across the country, we are able to provide those opportunities as we promised."

Already 200,000 unemployed Nigerians have been selected, including 150,000 who would teach and serve in their communities. The balance is made up of 30,000 who would serve as Agric Extension Workers and 20,000 who would serve as public health workers.

Each of the unemployed graduates would get a N30,000 monthly stipend, and also get an electronic tablet that would be packaged with several applications that would train and empower the participants.


Vice President reiterated that the N-Power scheme was launched as a volunteer programme "to create temporary opportunities for young graduates, to at least be doing something and many of them would be volunteer teachers, health officials and extension workers, who will earn a stipend."

He added that the participants will also have a device "and that device has a lot of training brochures, different forms of training brochures and it's also a device that enables them to be able to, on a continuous basis, learn different things, some code-writing, some entrepreneurial skills. There are lot of varieties of material that can be learned on the device. The device is also a means of communicating with them wherever they may be in the country."

He noted that "at the moment close to a million graduates have registered on the volunteered scheme and we should be doing the first 200,000 in the next 14 days or so, we should be able to get started with the first 200,000 across the country."

While the federal government would pay the 200,000 directly, state governments would play an active role in their deployment to the needed areas. The first batch of 200,000 selected volunteers are also being screened using the BVN so as to properly set-up the payment of their monthly stipends.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
November 6, 2016

Why 200, when they promised 500
This govt and propaganda eh

But wen re u selecting d remainig 300,000? Cox I knw dat dere z nobody dat I knw dat wil b amongs dese 200.000.

Programme to begin in the next two weeks or there about. This government only exist on media. I smell big fat lie here

I find it hard to understand how this 200000 people were selected.
I've never seen anyone that testified that he is among the so called statistic announced by Oshinbajo. Our govt with propaganda sha!

Who hv bin contacted ?
Whn wil d rest 300 000 be selected ?

I'm just watching the n-power thingi in 3D

I'll like to hear from one or two people selected. Federal government's employment strategy is indeed questionable.

Just as how the school feeding programme will start soon since 2015 and nothing is happening.

200,000 spots to be filled with the sharing formula as found on the real story of nigeria



150,000 from the north
49,500 from the south west and middle belt
500 from the south east

Until this govt do what you can see with your eyes 👀, don't believe them....... Am among the 200,000 sha.

The God wey go punish this government, dey ogbomosho dey do 1000 press-up

They should go to romance section and pack all those jobless youths there. Esp that wannabe artist that keeps torturing us with pictures of his dirty lifestyle.

Story story

How soon,they mean after the reign of their tenure in 2019?

Are these guys not ashamed when they speak, lie and deceive people?.....

Them just dey lie for us.
even pastoo don join them dey lie continue

Government of propaganda,lies and deciet

padi94:
Why 200, when they promised 500
This govt and propaganda eh

If you managed to have P7 in English language, it was definitely not from comprehension passage. Now go back and read what happens to the rest of them.

This govt is a drama

How much teachers dey collect

them dey thief millions


come dey give 150000 #18000 Abi na how much a month


Okay sha



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This govt n their lie lie for media. Even d npower wey dem wan pay peanuts is based on "connection". Wch kain govt be dis.
Nothing just de sure or credible under dis Buhari govt.

Lol no body is sure of making the first 200000 list they are all concerned about the second phase 300000 list. Chaaii God dey

This man called Osibanjo is a shameless man, you called yourself a pastor but you lie every time, you told us October now October has passed, you just came to defend your lies telling us next 2weeks by then you will say another thing.

200,000 kwa, they shuuu show us their pics if it's true. Just saying o.

Said they are doing the first 200000. Meaning they only selected, but hv not been short listed. Still screening using their BVN. SO BY D END OF NOV, STIPENDS CAN BE PAID.

the 200, 000 that are selected, are they from.space or where?

hmmm