The special adviser to the President on social investment
programmes, Mrs Maryam Uwais was in Bayelsa State on Wednesday to address
N-power beneficiaries towards preparation for life after N-power Programme and
the official flag off ceremony of the MarketMoni/ TraderMoni programme, an cash
transfer programme, an home grown school feeding programme in the state.
In her long sermon, she hoped beneficiaries must have
started their own businesses by now and pray they all succeed in their
endevours because gradually the N-power programme is coming to an end.
She counted the 2016 Bayelsa state N-power beneficiaries in
each local Government that will be rounding up the for the programme.
According to Mrs Maryam Uwais, the Federal Government in
collaboration with state government and private sectors are sorting for more
ways to engage volunteers as they gradually come to the end of the program.
In her speech, she said that the Bayelsa state governor,
Seriake Dickson has promised to recruit N-power beneficiaries of the state.
She also said that the Federal government are in partnership
with private sectors in the country, and there are opportunities for those
N-power volunteers nationwide willing to work in that sector one of which is
the job of a bank agent, where beneficiaries will be trained on the job and
they are to pay the sum of 50,000.00 Naira but this will now be paid by the
federal government.
“We have also come to an agreement with the Inspector
general of police to recruit some of our beneficiaries as community police
officers.
“For those N-power
beneficiaries nationwide interested in the Agricultural sector, they will be
given some hectares of land to farm and a refundable loan to start with. She
asked beneficiaries to always check on their NPVN profile as more updates will
be made available,” she concluded.
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