Date: 2017-06-23

Kwara State government today Thursday 22nd June, 2017 organized a sensitization programme for the prospective NPower beneficiaries in Kwara at the State Banquet Hall, opposite Government House, Ilorin. The programme, which was organized through the office of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed (Sai Maigida) on Youth Empowerment, educated the youths who were interested in applying for scheme.

The SSA Youth Empowerment, Alhaji Zakariyyau Babatunde, who disclosed that no fewer than thirty thousand unengaged youths in Kwara State have duly registered in the second phase of the programme, which is a division of Federal Government's Social Investment Programmes, took time to take the participants through the basic steps of successful registration to become beneficiaries of the empowerment programme.

Alhaji Babatunde made it known that the drive of the sensitization programme was to guide and enlighten clearly Kwara state youths who are interested in registering and guard against for the past recorded errors which cost beneficiaries hugely.

He therefore reiterated to the interested candidates that his office, at the room 2020 of Governor’s office Ilorin, is open for free registration and assistance. He proceeded by further disclosing that Kwara state is far below the target for second phase of N-Power and called resulted in the worry of Kwara state government to ensure that majority of unemployed youths in Kwara state make full use of the opportunity. Hence, the free registration support through his office.

He added that if the target is met, additional sum of six hundred million naira would be coming to the state monthly as wages for beneficiaries. Thereby increasing the economic situation and reducing youth restiveness in the state.

The programme then lasted by a question and answer segment where participants asked questions of grey areas and the governor's aide gave responses to quench their thirst. The participants were full of appreciation to Kwara State government on the programme as many explained their ordeal in their previous unsuccessful registrations.

They also promised to make use of the opportunity provided through the office of the Senior Special Assistant on Youth Empowerment to Governor Ahmed of Kwara state, Alhaji Saka Babatunde, to register in enmasse and increase the quota of Kwara in the federal government's empowerment programme.