The Federal Government on Wednesday announced the
commencement of recruitment of 500,000 unemployed
graduates to benefit from the N500 billion social
investment Programme included in the 2016 Budget.
In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant
on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande,says the
applications will start via online for positions in
the 500,000 direct teacher jobs scheme, through an
internet portal named npower.gov.ng.
It said that the applications were expected to start
coming in on June 12, as the portal would formally be
launched on Saturday, June 11.
Qualified young unemployed Nigerians were therefore
urged to visit the website and apply
It reads: “It would be recalled that President
Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29th Democracy Day
broadcast to the nation formally launched the
unprecedented social investment programmes already
provided for under the 2016 Appropriation by the
administration.
“The 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power
Teach on the portal, is one of the three direct job
creation and training schemes Nigerians can start
applying for from Sunday, June 12.
“Others are N-Power Knowledge which will train
25,000 Nigerians in the area of technology, and N-
Power Build, which train another 75,000 in the areas of
building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and
catering, automotive vocations, aluminium and gas
services.
“All trainees would be paid for the duration of their
training. The N-Power Teacher Corps initiative which
will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed
graduates is a paid volunteer programme of a 2-year
duration.
“Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will play
teaching, instructional, and advisory roles in primary,
and secondary schools, agricultural extension systems
across the country, public health and community
education-covering civic and adult education.
“Besides their monthly take home pay estimated at
about N23, 000, the selected 500,000 graduates will
also get computer devices that will contain information
necessary for their specific engagement, as well as
information for their continuous training and
development. They get to keep the devices even after
exiting from the programme.
“According to the plan of the Buhari administration, the
N-Power Teacher Corps programme is an invaluable
opportunity for young Nigerians to make immense
economic and social contributions to the nation while
developing their skills. It will also help to address the
problems of inadequate teachers in public schools.
“Also, persons enlisted under the scheme will gain
work experience and acquire key competencies through
academic and non-academic capacity building
programmes intended to improve their competitiveness
in the workplace. Their devices will come loaded with
knowledge-oriented applications and software that will
enable them acquire the skills and capacity.
“Under the N-Power Knowledge scheme, there are
three aspects: Creative, Technology Software and
Hardware. These three sub-divisions would will train
25,000 young Nigerians in all.
“5000 of them would be trained in Animation, Graphic
Design, Post-Production, Script-Writing. All of those
under the sub-division of N-Power Knowledge-
creative category.
“The N-Power Knowledge scheme also has a
technology category in two aspects: hardware and
software. 10,000 Nigerians would be trained, and
equipped in the area of software development,
including web designers, and another 10,000 in
hardware expertise including to repair, maintain and
assemble mobile phones, tablets, computers and other
devices.
“Also the N-Power Build category was
designed realizing that the presence of a well-trained
and highly skilled youth population in any economy has
direct impact on entrepreneurship/wealth creation,
which in turn leads to a decline in unemployment.
‘N-Power Build is therefore an accelerated training and
certification (Skills to Job/Enterprise) programme that
will engage and train 75,000 young unemployed
Nigerians in order to build a new crop of skilled and
highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans
and service professionals.” it stated
On other schemes, the statement said: “The other
schemes in the Buhari presidency Social Investment
Programmes which would soon be rolled out in the
coming weeks. These include the Conditional Cash
Transfer that pays N5000 monthly to one million
Nigerians, the Micro-Credit Scheme for more than 1.5
million Nigerians, the Home Grown School Feeding
programme that will serve 5.5 million Nigerian pupils
in primary school a free hot meal per day this year and
the Education support grant programme for 100,000
tertiary students in Science Technology Engineering &
Mathematics, STEM and education.”
commencement of recruitment of 500,000 unemployed
graduates to benefit from the N500 billion social
investment Programme included in the 2016 Budget.
In a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant
on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande,says the
applications will start via online for positions in
the 500,000 direct teacher jobs scheme, through an
internet portal named npower.gov.ng.
It said that the applications were expected to start
coming in on June 12, as the portal would formally be
launched on Saturday, June 11.
Qualified young unemployed Nigerians were therefore
urged to visit the website and apply
It reads: “It would be recalled that President
Muhammadu Buhari in his May 29th Democracy Day
broadcast to the nation formally launched the
unprecedented social investment programmes already
provided for under the 2016 Appropriation by the
administration.
“The 500,000 Teacher Corps, nicknamed N-Power
Teach on the portal, is one of the three direct job
creation and training schemes Nigerians can start
applying for from Sunday, June 12.
“Others are N-Power Knowledge which will train
25,000 Nigerians in the area of technology, and N-
Power Build, which train another 75,000 in the areas of
building services, construction, utilities, hospitality and
catering, automotive vocations, aluminium and gas
services.
“All trainees would be paid for the duration of their
training. The N-Power Teacher Corps initiative which
will engage and train 500,000 young unemployed
graduates is a paid volunteer programme of a 2-year
duration.
“Unemployed Nigerians selected and trained will play
teaching, instructional, and advisory roles in primary,
and secondary schools, agricultural extension systems
across the country, public health and community
education-covering civic and adult education.
“Besides their monthly take home pay estimated at
about N23, 000, the selected 500,000 graduates will
also get computer devices that will contain information
necessary for their specific engagement, as well as
information for their continuous training and
development. They get to keep the devices even after
exiting from the programme.
“According to the plan of the Buhari administration, the
N-Power Teacher Corps programme is an invaluable
opportunity for young Nigerians to make immense
economic and social contributions to the nation while
developing their skills. It will also help to address the
problems of inadequate teachers in public schools.
“Also, persons enlisted under the scheme will gain
work experience and acquire key competencies through
academic and non-academic capacity building
programmes intended to improve their competitiveness
in the workplace. Their devices will come loaded with
knowledge-oriented applications and software that will
enable them acquire the skills and capacity.
“Under the N-Power Knowledge scheme, there are
three aspects: Creative, Technology Software and
Hardware. These three sub-divisions would will train
25,000 young Nigerians in all.
“5000 of them would be trained in Animation, Graphic
Design, Post-Production, Script-Writing. All of those
under the sub-division of N-Power Knowledge-
creative category.
“The N-Power Knowledge scheme also has a
technology category in two aspects: hardware and
software. 10,000 Nigerians would be trained, and
equipped in the area of software development,
including web designers, and another 10,000 in
hardware expertise including to repair, maintain and
assemble mobile phones, tablets, computers and other
devices.
“Also the N-Power Build category was
designed realizing that the presence of a well-trained
and highly skilled youth population in any economy has
direct impact on entrepreneurship/wealth creation,
which in turn leads to a decline in unemployment.
‘N-Power Build is therefore an accelerated training and
certification (Skills to Job/Enterprise) programme that
will engage and train 75,000 young unemployed
Nigerians in order to build a new crop of skilled and
highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans
and service professionals.” it stated
On other schemes, the statement said: “The other
schemes in the Buhari presidency Social Investment
Programmes which would soon be rolled out in the
coming weeks. These include the Conditional Cash
Transfer that pays N5000 monthly to one million
Nigerians, the Micro-Credit Scheme for more than 1.5
million Nigerians, the Home Grown School Feeding
programme that will serve 5.5 million Nigerian pupils
in primary school a free hot meal per day this year and
the Education support grant programme for 100,000
tertiary students in Science Technology Engineering &
Mathematics, STEM and education.”
