A total of N19.24 billion has been granted by the federal government for the training of 50,000 non-graduate N-power recipients and the purchase of taxiway lighting systems for the airports in Port Harcourt, Lagos, and Abuja.
The money also serves to furnish the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency’s 10-story offices in Victoria Island, Lagos, and to provide consulting services for the Dadin Kowa 40 MW power plant in Gombe State.
After the Federal Executive Council meeting, Sadiya Farouk, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Social Development, and Disaster Management, and her counterparts in the Ministries of Aviation, Education, and Water Resources made this information public to journalists.
The Federal Government authorized four of its agencies to teach 50,000 non-graduate N-Power recipients for nine months in March 2023.
The National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism, the Industrial Training Fund, the National Institute of Transport Technology, and the Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute are a few of them.
Farouk said, “The other memo is submitted, which is to seek the Council’s approval for the engagement of four federal agencies for the training of the non-graduate N-Power beneficiaries. This is in the total sum of N14.21bn with 7.5% as VAT.”
“We’re now in Batch C of that program.” And we have received a report from these agencies on what we have done thus far, and we are very satisfied with them. We have engaged them again, and this is what we brought to the Council for approval, and it graciously approved it.”
