The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development says it has commenced the final payment of the arrears on the outstanding allowances of Batches A and B N-Power beneficiaries.
In a statement on Friday signed by Bashir Nura Alkali, the permanent secretary of the ministry, Nigerian authorities said that the account of the over 14, 000 N-Power beneficiaries were flagged in March 2020 for issues as beneficiaries having multiple accounts and broke of them receiving salary from government ministries.
The Humanitarian ministry’s statement stated that the allowances of more than 9, 000 cleared beneficiaries, totaling N150, 000 each “is currently being paid.”
Read the Ministry’s full statement below:
PRESS STATEMENT ON THE PAYMENT OF OUTSTANDING ALLOWANCES OF BATCH A AND B OF THE 2016 AND 2018 N POWER VOLUNTEERS NATIONWIDE
Following the payment system challenges faced by the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development which has been overcome, the Ministry has commenced the final payment of the arrears on the few outstanding allowances of Batches A and B N Power volunteers. The accounts of these 14,021 volunteers were flagged in March 2020 by the Federal Government payment system, the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System (GIFMIS), for various reasons including but not limited to:
1) beneficiaries having multiple accounts, and
2) beneficiaries account receiving other payments such as salaries and allowances from multiple Federal Government Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) on permanent employment or for participating in other schemes. These acts violate the regulations guiding the N-Power volunteer programme and could amount to gross misconduct and corruption.
The Ministry carried out detailed investigation in collaboration with relevant government MDAs and so far the accounts of 9,066 volunteers were cleared for final payment. Based on this reality, the 5 months allowance arrears of these volunteers, totaling N150,000.00 each, is currently being paid. The allowances of the remaining 4,955 is withheld pending conclusion of further investigation. Where clear violations of the agreements are established, such violators will be subjected to appropriate sanctions as stipulated by the law.
Contrary to some insinuations in the public domain, this process is a clear demonstration of the Ministry’s resolve to address this unfortunate incidence in a transparent manner for accountability and to forestall its future occurrence. As it has consistently maintained, the investigation caried out by the Ministry is in the best interest of the Country and has the major goal of institutionalizing the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) and ensuring its efficient management in line with Mr President’s resolve to ensure transparency and accountability in its implementation at all times.
The Ministry regrets the delays experienced in concluding this process, but assures the public that transparency and accountability cannot be compromised in all its activities.
Bashir Nura Alkali
Permanent Secretary
For Honourable Minister
17/09/2021
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Second lie and deceiving declarations again.
Am among the backloges am not collecting one naira from any ministry
It’s a bunch of lies, for over a year nothing has been done until she heard we’ll be protesting. Sincerely Since he takeover it has been from one disaster to another. She needs to be sacked. We want our exit packages and batch B devices.