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1,000 Edo N-Power beneficiaries demand payment of stipends

Over 1,000 beneficia­ries of the N-Power programme, an ini­tiative of the federal govern­ment aimed at reduc-ing unemployment, have de­cried the non-payment of their two months stipends.

The aggrieved benefi­ciaries from dif-ferent lo­cal government areas who stormed the secretariat of the Nigeria Union of Jour­nalists, NUJ, Edo State Council refuted report by one Em-manuel Yakubu who claimed to be the State Coordinator, saying they have been paid.

Spokesperson for the beneficiaries, Mr Tolulope Temitayo, in a statement expressed disappointment over the neglect of some duly registered members in the payment process of December and January stipends while other in the scheme have not been paid.

Tolulope noted that many volunteers in some local government areas espe-cially Egor with over 450 beneficiaries are yet to receive any payment. He then demanded that the self-acclaimed State Co­ordinator appear from his hiding and explain what happened to their stipend.

According to them, “We will like to know the N-Power Coordinator in Edo State. The claim that all N-Power volunteers have been paid in Edo State is false.

“No single N-Teachers have been paid in some local government areas es­pecially Egor. Many volun­teers have not been paid in Oredo, Owan West, Ikpoba Okha, Etsako West, Esan Central, Ovia North East, Owan East, Ovia South West and others.