Did you know that the Federal Government has rebranded Npower as Renewed Hope Skills Acquisition Programme? So many things have been put in place so as to better empower the youths of this nation.
Since taking office, Dr. Betta Edu, the new minister of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has been working to bring back the Npower program’s former glory.
The Npower program, started by the Buhari Administration, has recently come under pressure for inadequate management. 8 months of unpaid stipends are owed to the Beneficiaries.
In light of this, the Honourable Minister declared that the Npower program has undergone a complete makeover and would be updated in order to engage Nigerian youths and actually empower beneficiaries.
According to Dr. Betta Edu, things won’t go on as usual! There will be no working while dozing off in the office’s air conditioning. For the benefit of those in need, they will bring the programs to the field.
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In order to accomplish this, the Honourable Minister Dr. Betta Edu, in accordance with President Tinubu’s direction to restructure the social safety net Program so as to satisfy the broadened mandate of the ministry, announced the appointments of people who would work with her.
Renewed Hope Skills Acquisition Programme – Team Members
The chosen individuals are to work with Dr. Betta Edu’s team to carry out President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, which aims to alleviate the suffering of those afflicted by humanitarian crises and eradicate multifaceted poverty in Nigeria. They are:
- National Coordinator NASSCO – Hon Abdulaziz Danladi
- National Cash Transfer Office NCTO: Head of the office – Dr Micheal Ajuluchukwu
- NCTO Deputy Head of Office – Dr Janet Ekpenyong
- National Programme Manager, Youth Empowerment and Social Support Operations (YESSO) – Richard Romanus
- National Communication manager NSIP – Hon Jamalu kaburu
- National Programme Manager, Renewed Hope Shelter Programme for Refugees, Poor and Internally Displaced Persons – Hon Chidinma Makuachukwu
- National Programme manager, Grant For Vulnerable groups – Hon Thalis Apalowo
- Programme Manager, At Risk Children Programme – Hajia Salia Sanusi Yusuff
- National Programme Manager, National Homegrown School Feeding Programme (Renewed Hope Home Grown School feeding and End Hunger programme) – Hon Mrs Obande
- Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme (Renewed Hope MSME Loan Programme) – Hon Dr Joseph Nkang.
- Programme manager- N-Power Programme (Renewed Hope Skills Acquisition Programme) – Dr Akindele Adekunle Egbuwalo
- Renewed Hope IDP Refugees out of School Programme (National Alternate School Programme ) – Dr Mrs Etcheri Ansa
- National Project Manager, Community and Social Development Programme – Hon Olubunmi Bello
The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Hon. Abel Enitan, serves as the team’s secretary. The Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Dr. Betta Edu, continues to serve as the team’s chairman.
There will be no place for failure or justifications in the actualization of the Renewed Hope agenda and in driving Nigeria forward. The Minister exhorts the new appointees, who have a lot of expertise, to bring it to bear in their new positions.
