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FG Suspends NPower Program, Begins Investigation

Tapre Timine
Tapre Timine
Published: June 13, 2025
Last updated: June 13, 2025
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The Federal Government of Nigeria has suspended the N-Power program indefinitely due to some irregularities within the scheme.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu announced the indefinite suspension while speaking in an interview on TVC News on Saturday.

Edu stated that the government has launched an investigation into the utilization of funds since the inception of the program.

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According to her, Some beneficiaries were not found in their place of assignments yet they expect monthly stipends, and some beneficiaries ought to have exited the program in 2022 but were still on the payroll.

The minister said,

“We must go back to look into N-Power and understand what the problems are so we will basically suspend the program for now until we are done with proper investigation into the utilization of fund into the N-Power program.

“We want to know how many persons are basically on the program right now, how many persons are owed, amount they are owed. We are totally restructuring the N-Power and expanding it. There are lots going on.

“We met people who are supposed to have exited the program since last year and they are still on claiming that they are still teaching. Sometimes we contact the school or the places where they are working and they are not there.

“They are not working yet they keep claiming that they are being owed eight or nine months stipends. About 80 percent of them are not working yet they are claiming salaries.”

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