The Presidency has said that states governments have to take control of the deployment of the 200,000 applicants employed through the Federal Government’s N-Power scheme.

The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari for Social Protection Plan, Mrs. Maryam Uwais stated this in a telephone interview with our correspondent yesterday.

Mrs Uwais was reacting to complaints by many of the selected applicants that they were still being subjected to aptitude tests.

She said since many of them would work as teachers in schools belonging to the states, the Federal Government could not stop the states from conducting the aptitude test.

The presidential aide explained that the aptitude test was part of the verification the states had to do before deploying the applicants to their places of primary assignments.

She said: “The states have to take ownership. We can’t stop the states from conducting aptitude test. They (states) need to verify, in the verification proper, and if they want to do a test, they want to authenticate that they (applicants) actually own these certificates and that they actually live in the vicinity where they say they live.

“Because the money we are paying them is not enough for accommodation and is not enough for transportation, it is for the states to deploy them to where they are going to work. We can’t take control of that.”

Mujaheeeden:
This is the stage where politicians will highjack it.

Newbiee:
Okonjo Iweala, a woman that had seen it all
could come out to say at an American
conference that the SEED OF THIS RECESSION
WAS PLANTED DURING THE JONATHAN REGIME
DUE TO OUR LACK OF FINANCIAL DISCIPLINE,
INABILITY AND LACK OF POLITICAL WILL TO
SAVE. People should not blame jonathan alone
for this because the profligate Nigerian
Governors too are culpable. He attempted to
save, but the governors demanded to take all the
savings citing constitutional right. Money they
took and stole at the same time. Our case is
pathetic.
Do you know that:
Obasanjo's administration earned # 17trn from
crude oil sales within eight years and left behind
45bn dollars external reserves and 3.348bn
dollars external debt.
Yaradua grew the reserves to 64bn dollars
within just one year and the administration was
able to finance 15 months of imports despite the
2008/2009 world economic meltdown. Hence,
Nigeria survived the melt down because of the
political will by the administration to save (a great
achievement by Yaradua which most Nigerians
are not aware of). Despite the tough economic
reality at that time, Yaradua left 47.7bn dollars in
reserves and an external debt of 3.94bn dollars.
Meanwhile, the administration earned only # 9trn
from crude oil sales within that short period.
Now, Jonathan administration witnessed an oil
boom when Brent crude sold for over 100
dollars/barrel, with the regime earning # 51trn
within a period of 5years. But because of
corruption, the administration did not only
squander the oil revenue but even depleted the
reserves left by Yaradua, leaving just 32bn
dollars and a huge external debt of 63bn dollars
for Buhari.
The same Brent crude sold for as low as 35
dollars/barrel at a point shortly after Buhari took
over power and had only managed to climb to
about 48 dollars just recently.
These are facts that can be verified. So, it's
amazing hearing people criticize Buhari for the
hunger in the land.
According to Fashola, Buhari's administration
inherited 206 uncompleted road projects and
contract arrears worth #2.1trn from Jonathan;
and for about 2 to 3 years the contractors where
not paid. This slowed down the economic
activities, with most of the companies laying off
their staff. This was when the seed of recession
was sowed.
It's obvious that Buhari came in to rescue
Nigeria, because if Jonathan had continued in
power, the nation's economic crisis would have
been worse, perhaps even the Federal
government wouldn't have been able to pay
salaries of civil servants by now.
According to Okonjo Iweala, Nigeria started
borrowing money to pay salaries since October,
2014; but today Nigeria now borrow money for
investment in capital projects.
Those who blame Buhari for the current
hardship do so either out of mischief (hatred) or
ignorance. So, we shouldn't join the bandwagon
in criticising him. He may not have done much to
save the situation, considering that he is not a
perfect human being but he means well for the
country and can only succeed with our prayers.
May Almighty God continue to guide Buhari
Administration and Nigerians in general.
Why not share this piece with others for the
sake of enlightenment and conscious prayers for
our nation. We have the responsibility to
enlighten others. Mischievous, ignorant people/
politicians should not drag us backwards.

stobery:


Una no dey change style?

We are no longer interested, please

Keneking:
Ok

"The states have to take ownership. We can’t stop the states from conducting aptitude test. They (states) need to verify, in the verification proper, and if they want to do a test, they want to authenticate that they (applicants) actually own these certificates and that they actually live in the vicinity where they say they live."

-So what happens if they fail the aptitude test?
- Would States replace the affected ones?
- What is the area of concentration for the Test?
- How does government back fill candidates not accepted by States?

Another problem

- "they want to authenticate that they (applicants) actually own these certificates?"

How? do they write to their institutions or get transcripts delivered or buy NECO/WAEC scratch cards?

- "that they actually live in the vicinity where they say they live."
Is a residence permit issued to citizens? Is there a residence identification sticker to present upon screening?

But where is lalasticlala sef

E bi like say story don dey enter this whole thing sef

This government sef

Mujaheeeden:
This is the stage where politicians will highjack it.

Chuvin22:
THE TEST SHOULD BE MADE NECESSARY FOR THOSE THAT APPLIED FOR N-TEACH ESPECIALLY. MANY OF THESE APPLICANTS GOT ASSISTANCE FROM CYBER CAFE OPERATORS DURING THE TEST. WE NEED PEOPLE WHO CAN HELP OUR CHILDREN LEARN, NOT PEOPLE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES.