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Nigerian youths out of the 350,000 that applied were selected based on their performances in an online assessment test. 150,000 beneficiaries were selected under N-Teach category, 30,000 under N-Agro and 20,000 under N-Health. On 1 December 2016, the Batch A beneficiaries started work in their various places of primary assignment. On 19 June 2020, the minister of humanitarian affairs, disaster management and social development,
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states of residence. On 13 July 2019, Nigerian federal government disclosed that they have spent a total of ₦279b since they started paying the scheme beneficiaries from
December 2016 to June 2019. The scheme currently has six categories namely; N-Teach, N-Health, N-Agro, N-Build, N-Creative and N-Tech. N-Teach and N-Health are available to only graduates who must have completed the mandatory one year
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N-Power was created on 8 June 2016 to address the issues of youth unemployment and help increase social development. The scheme is created for unemployed graduates and non-graduates between the ages of 18 and 35. It is a paid programme of a two-year duration, aimed at engaging beneficiaries in their
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On 13 June 2017, online enrolment for N-Power Batch B beneficiaries commenced and within 5 days, more than 750,000 applications were received on the online registration portal. The application portal closed on 27 July 2017 and received a total of 2,543,079 applications, 2,258,266 persons scaled
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validation stage and were invited to proceed to an online assessment test. From 1 July 2017 to 31 August 2017, the online assessment test was conducted to select qualified applicants in four categories, N-Tax, N-Health, N-Agro and N-Teach. A total of 1,746,454 persons wrote the online test and
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On 12 June 2016, online enrolment for N-Power Batch A beneficiaries commenced on the online registration portal. The portal for registration was supposed to close on 25 July 2016, but was extended till 31 August 2016, allowing a total of 350,000 Nigerians to apply. On 21 November 2016, 200,000
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programme, while N-Agro, N-Build, N-Creative and N-Tech is available to graduates and non-graduates. In 2021, the
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Applicants are selected and placed is several places known as primary place of assignment (PPA). These PPA can be found by checking the Npower
Deployment Status. Applicants will then be paid specific stipends on monthly basis by the scheme.
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were received on the online registration portal. One week after the online registration portal opened, three million applications were received. The Batch C has a new twist as it will only run for 12 months with two streams recruiting
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618:"N-Power jobs: In just 5 days, application exceeds whole of 2016 with 750,000 entries"
362:"N-Power jobs: In just 5 days, application exceeds whole of 2016 with 750,000 entries"
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287:"N-Power: Over 400,000 youth enrolled in social investment programmes – Minister"
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593:"N-Power: Portal opens June 13 [See steps on how to apply]"
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537:"Presidency begins job scheme for 500,000 unemployed graduates"
512:"FG extends N-Power application deadline till end of August"
437:"FG extends N-Power application deadline till end of August"
335:"Nigeria begins recruitment of 500,000 unemployed graduates"
463:"FG preselects 300,000 graduates for physical verification"
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