N-POWER

N-POWER

A program created to reduce the rate of unemployment in the country. Graduates and non-graduates are given jobs and also trained in relevant skills that will make them earn more money and help them stand out both locally and globally. 

About N-Power

The N-Power Programme, under the National Social Investment Programme, is the Federal Government of Nigeria’s direct intervention to tackle youth unemployment and re-energize public service delivery in four key sectors {Education, Agriculture, Health and Vocational Training}. This mandate will be achieved by training and providing jobs for millions of young and unemployed Nigerian graduates between the ages of 18-35 across the 774 Local Governments of the federation. This is in line with Mr. President’s goal to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.

How N-Power makes a Difference

The N-Power programme is subdivided into the following.

Graduate Programme

N-Teach

The N-Teach programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. 

N-Power since its inception has deployed 900,000 beneficiaries to primary schools as teaching assistants in various primary schools in the country. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, N-Power has been able to train and deploy N-Teach beneficiaries to schools. Such a huge influx of teachers into these schools has improved the delivery of education for the future of the country

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N-Power Graduate Program

N-Teach: Volunteers under this program stream help improve basic education delivery in Nigeria. These volunteers function as support teachers across public primary schools in Nigeria. They are provided with content on the curriculum to help them learn and deliver to the students. They are then deployed as teaching assistants to primary schools in their localities to support and complement teachers in these schools.

The N-Teach programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. The beneficiary journey starts from application.

–          Application takes place on the N-Power application portal.

–          Online testing: After application, the prospective applicants then proceed to take online test.

–          After application, the volunteers were then verified through their BVN numbers to identify every single Volunteer with the National database which contains their biometric record.

–          Preselection: All the verified candidates are then pre selected to proceed onto the next stage.

–          Physical verification: This exercise was carried out to physically meet each Volunteer, validate the accuracy and authenticity of their credentials. This is carried out in partnership with NYSC.

–          Final Selection/Onboarding: Applicants who passed all the stages are then onboarded to the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS).

–          Deployment: After onboarding applicants are then deployed to their place of primary assignment. The deployment is done in partnership with our state focal persons.

–          Enrolment: Deployed Volunteers are required to update their NASIMS Profiles with Deployment information and Proof ahead of being admitted into the monthly payroll for work done

Once an applicant successfully undergoes all the above processes, they become bona fide beneficiaries who earn money for work done.

N-Power since inception has deployed 900,000 beneficiaries to primary schools as teaching assistants in various primary schools in the country. In collaboration with the Ministry of Education, N-Power has been able to train and deploy N-Teach beneficiaries to schools. Such a huge influx of teachers into these schools have improved the delivery of education the future of the country.

N-Health

Through the N-Power Health program, young graduates are trained to work as support health assistants. The N-Health programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. 

Since its inception, N-Power has deployed over 150,000 beneficiaries to Primary Health Care centres in the country. This is done in collaboration with the NPHCDA and the Ministry of Health.

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N-Power Graduate Program

N-Health: Through the N-Power Health program, young graduates are trained to work as support health assistants. They are also trained to provide communication & advocacy services to the patients at the health centres. These volunteers function as volunteer health assistants across Nigeria.

The N-Health programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. The beneficiary journey starts from application.

–          Application takes place on the N-Power application portal.

–          Online testing: After application, the prospective applicants then proceed to take online test.

–          After application, the volunteers were then verified through their BVN numbers to identify every single Volunteer with the National database which contains their biometric record.

–          Preselection: All the verified candidates are then pre selected to proceed onto the next stage.

–          Physical verification: This exercise was carried out to physically meet each Volunteer, validate the accuracy and authenticity of their credentials. This is carried out in partnership with NYSC.

–          Final Selection/Onboarding: Applicants who passed all the stages are then onboarded to the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS).

–          Deployment: After onboarding applicants are then deployed to their place of primary assignment. The deployment is done in partnership with our state focal persons.

–          Enrolment: Deployed Volunteers are required to update their NASIMS Profiles with Deployment information and Proof ahead of being admitted into the monthly payroll for work done

Once an applicant successfully undergoes all the above processes, they become bona fide beneficiaries who earn money for work done.

Since inception, N-Power has deployed over 150,000 beneficiaries to Primary Health Care centres in the country. This is done in collaboration with the NPHCDA and the Ministry of Health.

N-Health

Through the N-Power Health program, young graduates are trained to work as support health assistants. The N-Health programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. 

Since its inception, N-Power has deployed over 150,000 beneficiaries to Primary Health Care centres in the country. This is done in collaboration with the NPHCDA and the Ministry of Health.

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N-Power Graduate Program

N-Health: Through the N-Power Health program, young graduates are trained to work as support health assistants. They are also trained to provide communication & advocacy services to the patients at the health centres. These volunteers function as volunteer health assistants across Nigeria.

The N-Health programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. The beneficiary journey starts from application.

–          Application takes place on the N-Power application portal.

–          Online testing: After application, the prospective applicants then proceed to take online test.

–          After application, the volunteers were then verified through their BVN numbers to identify every single Volunteer with the National database which contains their biometric record.

–          Preselection: All the verified candidates are then pre selected to proceed onto the next stage.

–          Physical verification: This exercise was carried out to physically meet each Volunteer, validate the accuracy and authenticity of their credentials. This is carried out in partnership with NYSC.

–          Final Selection/Onboarding: Applicants who passed all the stages are then onboarded to the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS).

–          Deployment: After onboarding applicants are then deployed to their place of primary assignment. The deployment is done in partnership with our state focal persons.

–          Enrolment: Deployed Volunteers are required to update their NASIMS Profiles with Deployment information and Proof ahead of being admitted into the monthly payroll for work done

Once an applicant successfully undergoes all the above processes, they become bona fide beneficiaries who earn money for work done.

Since inception, N-Power has deployed over 150,000 beneficiaries to Primary Health Care centres in the country. This is done in collaboration with the NPHCDA and the Ministry of Health.

N-Agro

The N-Agro program trains young graduates and gives them content across different farming modules to enable them to prepare for the role of an agricultural extension/ support worker. 

N-Agro volunteers function as intermediaries to help stimulate the agriculture value chain. They are primarily deployed to farms across the country and their core responsibility is to support farmers with the necessary information and resources needed to help them achieve the best yield and output. 

N-Power, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, has deployed over 300,000 Agric extension officers across the country.

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N-Power Graduate Program

N-Agro: N-Agro volunteers function as intermediaries to help stimulate the agriculture value chain. They are primarily deployed to farms across the country and their core responsibility is to support farmers with the necessary information and resources needed to help them achieve the best yield and output. The N-Agro program trains young graduates and gives them content across different farming modules to enable them prepare for the role of an agricultural extension/ support worker.

The N-Agro programme lasts for a year and each beneficiary is entitled to 30,000-naira monthly stipend for work done. The beneficiary journey starts from application.

–          Application takes place on the N-Power application portal.

–          Online testing: After application, the prospective applicants then proceed to take online test.

–          After application, the volunteers were then verified through their BVN numbers to identify every single Volunteer with the National database which contains their biometric record.

–          Preselection: All the verified candidates are then pre selected to proceed onto the next stage.

–          Physical verification: This exercise was carried out to physically meet each Volunteer, validate the accuracy and authenticity of their credentials. This is carried out in partnership with NYSC.

–          Final Selection/Onboarding: Applicants who passed all the stages are then onboarded to the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS).

–          Deployment: After onboarding applicants are then deployed to their place of primary assignment. The deployment is done in partnership with our state focal persons.

–          Enrolment: Deployed Volunteers are required to update their NASIMS Profiles with Deployment information and Proof ahead of being admitted into the monthly payroll for work done

Once an applicant successfully undergoes all the above processes, they become bona fide beneficiaries who earn money for work done.

With the country looking to diversify its economy, Agriculture is at the forefront of that diversification. N-Power, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, has deployed over 300,000 Agric extension officers across the country.

Non-Graduate Program

N-Build

This program aims to build competence and capacity in highly demanded technical and vocational skills including; Auto-mechanics (Automobile, Agric. Tech), Construction (Carpentry & Joinery, Electrical Installation, Masonry & Tiling, Plumbing & Pipefitting), and Hospitality (Baking, Cooking, Housekeeping, and Mixology).

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N-Power Non-Graduate Program

N-Build: This program aims to build competence and capacity in highly demanded technical and vocational skills including; Auto-mechanics (Automobile, Agric. Tech), Construction (Carpentry & Joinery, Electrical Installation, Masonry & Tiling, Plumbing & Pipefitting) and Hospitality (Baking, Cooking, Housekeeping and Mixology).

The programme has identified 3 key areas in the economy; Construction, Auto-mechanics and Hospitality sectors. These sectors have the potential to create a high number of relevant jobs in which our trainees are able to earn as soon as they complete their training programme. We have partnered with sectors skills councils in order to deliver the training of these beneficiaries efficiently. Industrial Training Fund (ITF) in construction, Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT) for auto-mechanics and Institute of Tourism Professional in Nigeria (ITPN) for Hospitality.

The N-Build programme has partnered with over 700 training centres across the country to enable the trainees access the training within their localities or communities close to them.

To further ensure the beneficiaries get the most from the program, the government made an investment to acquire required Tool Kits, Safety Gears, Training Consumables and directly invest in selected trainees through providing training and development programs.

Once active in the program the successful trainees are deployed to recognized organizations to perfect their trades. Outstanding trainees would secure full employment from this avenue. The trainees receive a monthly stipend of 10,000 NGN for a year based on both attendance and conduct

What Each Trainee Gets

TRAINING: Each trainee will be equipped with life-long skills, which as mentioned will be imparted in them over a 9-month period (3 months in-centre training and 6 months apprenticeship with relevant industry employers)

Toolkit & Platform: Trainees are given tool kits to succeed in their chosen field of Apprenticeship as an exit package at no cost and also provide them with an N-Power Network Platform (NPVN) which digitally delivers developmental resources.

10K Stipend: The volunteers receive a monthly stipend of ₦10,000.00 for 9 months and this is based on the volunteer’s attendance record.

Internship: An Internship place for 6 months for them to gain practical experience

 

N-Knowledge

The program has helped to reduce the effects of the difficult business environment in Nigeria by providing a source of scheduled revenue as well as empowering youths in globally competitive sectors such as the outsourcing industry focusing on the creative arts and ICT. 

The N-knowledge programme is categorised into N-Tech hardware, N-Tech Software, and N-Creative.

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N-Power Non-Graduate Program

N-Knowledge:

Restoring Nigeria’s economic growth and laying the foundations for long-term development requires a dynamic and proactive private sector that can innovate and respond to global opportunities. N-Power Through the N-Knowledge programme has created opportunities for Nigerian youths and converted a significant number of unemployed youths to value adding business owners. The program has helped to reduce the effects of the difficult business environment in Nigeria by providing a source of scheduled revenue as well as empowering youths in globally competitive sectors such as the outsourcing industry focusing on the creative arts and ICT. This would strive to improve the country’s knowledge bank of high potential individuals as well as create a resistance in the massive brain drain the country is experiencing as a result of emigration. The N-knowledge programme is categorised into N-Tech hardware, N-Tech Software and N-Creative.

                                                                                   

Since its inception, N-Power has trained over 32,000 young Nigerians in ICT focused trades such as: Software application development, Graphics design and illustration, scriptwriting, voice acting and post production, ICT device repairs and other related and relevant skills needed to put Nigeria on the map of the global outsourcing market in ICT.

 

Various success stories of our trained beneficiaries who have gone further to develop these skills they have acquired through N-Power to become employers of labour themselves as well as a beacon for hope in their communities are evidence that the programme is indeed hitting its mark of positively impacting the Nigerian youth.

After completion of the application process and the trainees are selected, the trainees are then deployed to the camp location in their geopolitical zone.

When the trainees arrive at the camp, they are registered and assigned their accommodation and classrooms which the Federal Government has paid for. The trainees are also assigned their training tools to aid them in learning. The trainees are given regular tests and assessments during the course of the training.

The trainees are camped for a period of 3 months. During this period, they are provided with a transportation allowance of Thirty Thousand Naira (N30,000) spread into two parts of N15,000 as the trainee reports to the camp and another N15,000 as transport fare back to the state of residence. Each trainee is entitled to a feeding allowance per day. The FG pays for the accommodation of the trainees during the incamping arrangements. The trainees are entitled to 10,000 Naira monthly stipends for a period of 9 months.

 

  • N-Tech Hardware: This is a skills acquisition program that targets the training and development of communication device technicians. These skills and capacities training include diagnostics, assembly and repair of communication devices such as mobile phones, smartphones, laptops and tablets. Trainees under this program will become self-employed in the device servicing industry as well as become employable in the burgeoning device manufacturing industry.
  • N-Tech Software: This is a program that targets the training and positioning hands-on web and web applications developers for the local and international software development market. Participants are undergoing a project-based model to training wherein they are exposed to foundational software development tools as well as resources to thrive as a modern-day web and web applications development entrepreneur. The program will seek to establish the foundation knowledge, tools and platform upon which participants can pursue a career as a software and application development.
  • N-Creative: The N-Power Creative programme seeks to train and develop young creative talents. The strategy is to put our creative industry on the global radar as exporters of world class services and content. The strategy for the N-Power Creative is to put our creative industry on the global radar as exporters of world-class services and content in the animations and scripting sector.

The N-Knowledge trainees are camped in a central location per geopolitical zone in all the 6 geopolitical zones of the country.

The N-Knowledge training will last for 3 months as earlier stated and culminate with job fairs to link successful trainees with placement opportunities within their respective localities. The program will also offer a continuity platform to support participants with learning and engagement opportunities on a continuous basis. Participants will be enabled with suitable work tools and devices in their respective programmes to continue the practice and exploration of opportunities after training.

N-Skills

The N-Skills programme is designed to improve the quality and relevance of skills delivered using a certification system to ease the transition of target beneficiaries to full-time skilled employment, self-employment, and/or further their education. It targets marginalized and disadvantaged populations, including those with primary or no formal education.

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N-Power Non-Graduate Program

N-Skills: The N-Skills programme is designed to improve the quality and relevance of skills delivered using a certification system to ease the transition of target beneficiaries to full time skilled employment, self-employment and/or further their education. It, therefore, targets marginalized and disadvantaged population, including those with primary or no formal education.

The N-Skills Programme is designed to have 3-months training component (Life Skills, foundational skills and entrepreneurship development skills), and 6-months apprenticeship which would lead to NBTE certification for beneficiaries.

The programme will train beneficiaries across the 36 states and FCT of the federation. Master trainers would be trained, who would then train the target trainees in each state and the FCT.



Mobile Money Agents

The training is designed to develop relevant competencies of target beneficiaries and enable them to operate as registered Mobile Money Agents that would profitably provide mobile money services to unserved Nigerians.

STEM

The project aims to popularise STEM digital literacy, functional skills acquisition, school infrastructure, and teacher retraining to move Nigeria to a knowledge-driven economy. It focuses on the facilitation of practical, creative, and innovative skills that will enable children in primary and secondary schools to be the catalyst for Nigeria’s emerging knowledge economy.



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Goals and Objectives of the N-Power Program

The N-Power program was envisioned to be beneficial to all youth segments with the Federal Government of Nigeria setting the following Goals for the Programme;

  • To intervene and directly improve the livelihood of a critical mass of young unemployed Nigerians.
  • To develop a qualitative system for the transfer of employability, entrepreneurial and technical skills.
  • To create an ecosystem of solutions for ailing public services and government diversification policies.      
  • To develop and enhance Nigeria’s knowledge economy.

In addition to the primary objectives, some other objectives of the N-Power Graduate Program include:

  • Inclusion: This program aims at improving the livelihood of a critical mass of young and unemployed Nigerians, and their dependents and enable them to participate in economic, social, and financial activities.
  • Improving employability: Through deliberate training and skill building, the employability of the workforce is improved such that upon completing their 12-month program engagement – they can take on more professional jobs or follow the entrepreneurial path.
  • Microeconomic Stability: The stipends paid to volunteers help to stimulate the economy of every single Local Government in the country. These volunteers spend their income by engaging in economic activities with their local communities.
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