FG Commence Selection Of N-Power Batch C Applicants – It is no longer news that Federal Government on Thursday announced that the selection process for N-Power Batch C applicants who showed interest to be employed has started.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and social Development Sadiya Farouq announced last year that over five million applications were received.
We all know that this online application process, which began on Friday, June 26, 2020, closed at Midnight on August 8th, 2020.
As a way to make the selection process seamless and transparent, the Minister has released a portal, National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS) for easy coordination, deployment and Management. She also said all applicant has been moved onto the NASIMS platform, she also added that they will be required to take a mandatory online test as part of the process of selection.
She has also stated that the Batch C programme will last for 12 months saying that each beneficiary will be paid a monthly stipend of N30,00 respectively.
Talking about the number of people that will be employed, she said that N-Power Batch C is structured to onboard one million new beneficiaries, it going, to begin with, 500, 000 beneficiaries in the first stream and also 500, 000 in the second stream, it is all aligned to the National Policy drive of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
As the N-Power Batch C is launched today, all N-power Batch C applicants are expected to Log into the N-Power Self Service portal on www.nasims.gov.ng and update their records, which they may be asked to proceed to a mandatory online test in order to move to the next level of selection. More information on how you can log into the portal will be sent via SMS and email to Batch C applicants.
All applicants should take note that selection is predicated on merit and equitable representation across all strata of the country. Furthermore, there will be a special consideration for the people living with disabilities and have been taken into account by Ministry.