FG SET TO PAY 5 MONTHS BACKLOG OF 14200 NPOWER VOLUNTEERS OWED BETWEEN MARCH - JULY, 2020

Over 14,200 Npower beneficiaries are being owed atleast five (5) months unpaid backlogs due to some technical and bank details not corresponding GIFMIS hinted to the public that the long awaited backlog payments will soon be paid to the Volunteers, the payment will be made this Dec before Christmas those unpaid stipends will be completely cleared off.

About 14,200 npower Volunteers from Batch A and B are about to get the much awaited outstanding stipends completely settled, this stipends is since March 2020 till July of the same year, Npower will soon trigger alerts to those affected according to GIFMIS they will be duly paid all their outstanding backlog payment will be paid.

It’s necessary all stipends is cleared because there is no way npower will onboard the Npower Batch C applicants without having to first of all clear every outstanding payment with Batch A and B, Batch A and B will have to be settled before the Federal Government can fully be ready to face the Incoming Batch C.

Thousands of Npower Volunteers that are being owed Backlog payment have been asking series questions many wanting to know, when Npower in Conjunction GIFMIS will pay what they are having been owing them since 5 months ago, with this new update, it shows that the Government listens and they are willing to thread the path of peace and cooperation with the Npower Batch A and B Beneficiaries.

The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, disaster management and social development Sadiya Umar Farouq also hinted that, all the Financial Obligations or entitlement owed by the Government will settled before the end of the year, Below is what the Minister posted on her Social media account.

“I consider it necessary to give status update regarding the outstanding arrears of stipend to the 14,200 N-power cohorts from Batch A and B,” –Humanitarian Minister, Madam Sadiya Umar Farouq (2020)

“From the outset, the N-Power programme was designed to run for 24 months

“Out of the 500,000 combined beneficiaries from Batch A and B only 14,200 have 5 months outstanding stipend arrears”

“The delay in the payment of the arrears arose due to platform migration from NIBSS to GIFMIS by the Office of Accountant General of the Federation in March 2020.

“From the consolidated list of beneficiaries we received from the OAGF in September, the 14,200 beneficiaries with arrears of stipend were flagged for receiving monthly payment from other MDAs, particularly from the NYSC.

“It is possible that the 14,200 beneficiaries used their NYSC allowance bank accounts for N-Power and GIFMIS payment platform picked them for double payment.

“We have initiated State verification process with State N-Power Focal Officers.

“The 14,200 affected beneficiaries will present their NYSC certificates for final verification after which we will present an updated list to OAGF to pay off their 5 months arrears.

“All legitimate claims and those on verified list will be paid before the end of the year”.

Because of the change in payment Platform, it was discovered that some names also appear in other government payment vouchers.

Hopefully, before month ends all beneficiaries should have their payment but no longer at her office.

STOP BLAMING SECURITY AGENCIES FOR INSECURITY -DSS TELLS NIGERIANS

   Yusuf Magagi Bichi, DSS DG 

The Department of State Services (DSS) has stated that government and security agencies cannot tackle insecurity in the country without the support of the citizens especially on intelligence gathering.

The director general, DSS, Yusuf Bichi urged Nigerians to rather than point accusing fingers at the security forces, support them to rid the country of all forms of criminality.

The DG who was represented by Peter Afunanya, the Service spokesperson, made this call on Saturday at the Security and Emergency Awards (SEMA 2020) at the Nicon Luxury hotel Abuja, where the service was conferred with an award by Emergency Digest, a subsidiary of Image Merchants “We call on Nigerians to support security agencies and the government.

“All those bad people are part of our communities, they live in our neighbourhood, if you know one, tell the security agencies about them.

Security is no longer for the government alone; there is a need for collaborative efforts and partnership. You continue to stay in your comfort zone and continue to blame security agencies for all, but the information that the security agencies need, have you brought it?

If you have not done all these, it’s time for us to have a rethink, it’s time for us to have a change of mind to re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals of building a country that is devoid of any kind of insecurity,” he said.

BANDITS KILL 12, ABDUCTS 10 IN FRESH ATTACK ON KATSINA COMMUNITIES.

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked Yar Kuka village in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, killing 12 people and abducting many others.

According to Daily Trust, a resident of the village whose daughter was kidnapped said the bandits invaded the town on Thursday around 9:30 pm and started shooting indiscriminately

He said 12 people were killed while six women were abducted.

“Three of the abducted women are married, and my daughter is one, while the remaining three are young girls.”

The gunmen also attacked Dan Ali village in Danmusa Local Government Area where they abducted a retired Education Officer identified as Sani Skido.

A resident of the village said the attackers, who came at around midnight, shot at the door of the room where the victim was hiding in his house.

Traces of blood were seen in his room after he was taken away.

Similarly, three travellers were reported abducted on Friday by unidentified gunmen on their way from Danmusa to Maidabino village in Danmuasa.

A resident of Danmusa said the travellers, who were on their way back from Benin in Edo State, were intercepted and their vehicle abandoned at the scene of the abduction.