08 June 2016 | OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT PRESS RELEASE
FG COMMENCES RECRUITMENT OF 500,000 UNEMPLOYED GRADUATES FOR TEACHING JOBS NATIONWIDE ON JUNE 12

*Non-graduates' training programmes also open for additional 100,000 young Nigerians

IN WHAT IS THE FIRST ROLL-OUT OF ITS N500B SOCIAL INVESTMENT PROGRAMMES, the Buhari presidency will start taking applications online for positions in the 500,000 direct teacher jobs scheme[b], through an internet portal named npower.gov.ng.[/b]

While the portal would be live on Saturday June 11, applications are expected to start coming in on June 12, the beginning of next week. Young unemployed Nigerians are advised to visit the website and apply.

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.

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.

'Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant (Media & Publicity)
In the Office of the Vice President
8th June, 2016

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This is very good.

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Not bad

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Not like the dubious SURE-P

Unemployment is a cankerworm in our social system, it kills passion and evaporates potentials. Bright minds are lost in the process to thuggery, fraud and other vices. Nigeria is blessed only if we look inward, solutions are right inside of us. This development is good for the youths.

Despite the sincerity of this government at tackling our challenges through various means aimed at increasing our capacity building and sharpening our entrepreneurial dexterity, I find this N-power teacher scheme a scam. What becomes of the 500,000 people after 2years? They will go back to square one? Don't preach the gospel of them starting something afterwards because they won't save anything from the meagre 23k salary they would be given every month. That said, I suggest after the expiration of 2years of their "voluntary " service to their nation, they should all be empowered with 500k each to venture into businesses of their choice

Where the schools wey dem wan teach?

Nice concept.. i hope it works.. cos Nigeria has produced many wonderful initiatives in d past.. buh some destroyers are in one corner ready to sabotage any good plan.. God will help us oo..


N-Power... e come dey sound like EMPOWER...

Good one here. But will now happen after the two years? We pray the right persons are selected...it may not be on this list but it's something to start with if it comes to reality >>>>>http://www.todaynewsreview.com/p/556/the-top-25-highest-paying-jobs-you-can-get-without-a-bachelo

Did is cool if they are nt using it as a mean stealing money

Super story

Buhari: The game changer!

Ride on, the people's President!!!

Good move.

yemightty:
Did is cool if they are nt using it as a mean stealing money

Why do we Nigerians see everything from the negative aspect?
This is a good initiative.. You should be commending the government rather than doing otherwise

this is what the should have done 6 months ago

Ehn ehn this will be good if implemented.

Suresir:
this is what the should have done 6 months ago

With no budget??

If you believe this....you can always believe anything.

nigeria will be great again......

Coldfeets:
Buhari: The game changer!

Ride on, the people's President!!!

This is deadly serious if implemented,it's more than enough to improve our economy

Oh Wailers! Your Food Don Show Oh! Oya Come And Wail!!





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I wonder why I did not see much comment here. Because If this is an article o information against this government people would have spit venom here.

What a youth!!!

Owk

I hope some cabals won't hijack the program

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