President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday ordered the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development to increase N-Power beneficiaries from 500, 000 to 1,000,000.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, who confirmed this at a ministerial press briefing to give account of her ministry in the last one year in Abuja.
She explained that the order was part of Buhari’s promise to lift 100m Nigerians from poverty in the next 10 years.
According to her, the President also directed an increase in the number of beneficiaries of the Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000.
“In a bid to realise Mr. President’s commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next 10 years, the ministry places significant emphasis on youth empowerment by strategically ascertaining youth engagement as a foundational objective in implementing the following strategies: double the scope of the National Social Investment Programmes.
“Mr. President has graciously approved the expansion of all NSIP programmes, such as increase of N-Power beneficiaries from 500,000 to 1,000,000, increase GEEP beneficiaries by 1,000,000 and increase of beneficiaries of Home-Grown School Feeding by 5,000,000,” she said.