The Nigeria Federal Government recently announced the newly shortlisted candidates for N-Power Batch C 2021.
The update was made public in a statement released on the website of the National Social Investment Management System (NASIMS).
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NASIMS wrote in the statement,
All N-Power batch-c applicants are expected to update their profile and take test for possible shortlisting to the next stage of the N-Power application process
Please note that all successful candidates will be sent a mail and given directions on the next stage.
Candidates not selected can re-apply for the next batch of the programme as soon as it opens for application.
Signed NASIMS
Remember that the government had earlier announced that the selection process for applicants who showed interest to be employed under the N-Power Batch C had started.
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It was made known on Thursday by Sadiya Farouq; The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development that the ministry has taken firm steps to ensure that the registration, verification, and onboarding process would occur online.
The minister further noted that a portal, NASIMS, had been launched for ease of coordination, deployment, and management in order to ensure that the selection process is transparent.
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Only 1 Million Selected Out of 6 Million N-Power 2021 Application
Isn’t it shocking to you?
The Federal Government announced that only one million applicants were selected for the N-Power Batch C1 out of over six million applications.
The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, who made the first announcement of the N-Power Batch C1 program in Abuja on Monday has now further said that the one million beneficiaries would be empowered in the current batch.
She said the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), recognized the creativity and impact of the N-Power scheme and approved the expansion of the program from 500,000 to 1,000,000 beneficiaries to enable more young people to benefit from the N-Power.
“Based on this approval, the (N-Power) portal was again opened in June 2020 and over six million new applications were received. One million beneficiaries will be mined from this as the N-Power Batch C,” Farouq said.
She added,
“The Batch-C is divided into two streams. Stream C1 of 510,000 beneficiaries and stream C2 for 490,000 beneficiaries. Under the Batch C1, a total of 450,000 have been selected to benefit under the graduate component, while 60,000 beneficiaries will be non-graduate beneficiaries.
“Today we are here to flag-off the N-Power Batch C1. I want to assure you that our ministry is committed to ensuring that the strategic objectives of all the social intervention programmes are achieved.”
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USSD Code to Check Your N-Power Batch C1 Selection Status
How to Check your N-Power Batch C1 Selection Status
To check your selection status, simply follow the steps below;
- N-Power Batch C applicants should dial the USSD code *45665# on their smartphone
- select number 1. N-Power from the screen prompt as you can see in the image above
- input your BVN on the next page
- then you will be able to confirm your selection status
NOTE: For the time being, you might receive records not found, incorrect MMI, routing failed, etc, due to technical issues and traffic congestion, so exercise patience and keep trying.
