The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social
Development Sadiya Umar Faroug says the next batch of N-Power beneficiaries
will be administered through the National Social Investment and Information
Management System NASIMS to ensure transparency.
The minister made the remark on Thursday at the launch of the system,
developed to optimize and complement the structural reforms of Social
Investment Programs and other activities of the ministry.
Umar Farouq stated that the ICT tools will be systematically used for
coordination, administration, monitoring, and stakeholder management across
all Social Investment Programmes under the ministry. Read also
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“To ensure transparency, institutional memory and dynamic impact assessment of
the N-Power cluster, Batch C will now be administered through the National
Social Investment and Information Management System NASIMS. Through this
portal, beneficiaries will receive their stipends on time, have access to a
wide range of industry-specific content for leveraging enterprise learning,
communicate their concerns and promptly receive feedback from the program
implementation teams.
“They will experience a redefined and seamless beneficiary verification
process, including efficient transition and exit management plan which will
enable beneficiaries to be migrated automatically to the NEXIT Program for
POSSIBLE placement and employment opportunities with federal government
agencies”.
The Minister assured Nigerians that the selection process of the N_Power
program will be based on merit and equitable representation across all strata
of the country. Read also
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“Selection will ensure equitable regional and gender representation including
persons living with disabilities. Following safety concerns due to the
COVID-19 pandemic, the ministry has taken concrete steps to ensure that the
recruitment and onboarding of N-power beneficiaries is carried out with
relevant public safety protocols with a greater percentage of the onboarding
process taking place online, utilizing the NASIMS framework”.
The N-Power Batch C launched today, is structured to onboard one million
beneficiaries beginning with an initial 500,000 in the first stream and
another 500,000 in the second stream. See the
Npower Batch C Test Link And Instructions
This is in line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s vision of lifting 100
million Nigerians out of poverty in the next ten years.
All applicants for Batch C are however required to log into the N-power
self-service portal on
www.nasims.gov.ng
and update their records after which they will proceed to take the mandatory
online test to progress to the next level of selection.
Information on how to log into the portal will be sent through sms and email
to all Batch C applicants.
NNEKA IKEM ANIBEZE
SA MEDIA
