N-Power Final Shortlist: 2017 Applicant Accuses FG Of Delaying Final List For 2019 Election | CNR

President Mohammadu Buhari 

The cloud of uncertainty occasioned by continuous delay of final list of successful applicants into the Federal Government social investment programme, N-Power, has taken a political dimension as one of the applicants, Ridwan Bravo has accused the Federal Government of plotting to use final list for campaign purposes ahead of the 2019 elections.

2017 graduate applicants into the Federal Government youth empowerment scheme have been waiting anxiously for the release of final list of successful applicants since they completed their physical verification exercise in December of last year.

But applicant Ridwan Bravo who appeared to have lost confidence in the scheme has berated the Federal Government for intentionally delaying the final list for campaign purpose ahead of the 2019 election.

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Reacting to a post by N-Power in one of its social media channels, Ridwan said that he has discovered that the continuous delay is not the fault of N-Power team, but a deliberate plan by the Federal Government to delay it till June.

"It's now I realize that the delay in shortlisting the second phase of N-Power is not the fault of N-Power team rather it's the plan of FG to delay it to at least June.

He further revealed that he drew the conclusion from a statement he claimed was made by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo while commenting on the delay of final list.

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Quoting Vice President Osinbajo, Ridwan said: "I quote "We want to provide jobs for our youths everywhere. So far we have employed 200,000 graduate under N-Power programme and want to employ 300,000 more before the middle of year", Ridwan quoted Vice president Osinbajo as saying.

"Osinbajo made this known at the burial ceremony of Pa Daniel Olajide Adebiyi, at St. Peter's Anglican Church Otun-Ekiti, Ekiti state on Friday", he added.

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N-Power is yet to explain why the final list of successful graduate applicants into the 2017 N-Power recruitment exercise is being delayed. They have however, urged applicants to patient with them.