N-POWER: At Last, Other Nigerians Ready To Join Beneficiaries In Massive Protest Over Backlogs, Disengagement

After the last protest by the Npower beneficiaries, reports have emerged suggesting that N-Power beneficiaries that protested their disengagement are rumoured to have scheduled another protest, this is even as the 36-state and FCT N-Power Representatives Forum on Wednesday night asked volunteers to disregard the information, OSUNREPORTERS NEWS gathered.

A rights activist and co-founder of the Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG) movement, Aisha Yesufu, has registered her displease over the delayed payment of Npower stipend,  asked disengaged N-Power protesters to meet with other agitators to protest on the same day.

The call by Aisha is coming at a time Npower beneficiaries are still lamenting the delay in payment of Npower June, July and other backlogs.

Aisha’s call is coming after several beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s N-Power programme protested in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, on Thursday 23rd July 2020, over unpaid stipends and disengagement from the famed programme by Federal Government.

According to the N-Power Representatives Forum, “in order to ensure the safety of volunteers across the states, no volunteer should gather anywhere for protest or rally at the moment.”

Reacting to the several protests carried out by protesters in Nigeria recently, Aisha stressed that agitators can “come together to get result.”

“Why can’t all the different agitation meet and protest on the same day? Npower want to protest tomorrow, Arewa lives did a few days ago. You don’t have to like each other but you come together to get result. You think these politicians like each other?” Aisha asked

As at the time of filling this report, OSUNREPORTERS NEWS gathered that there are some human right Nigerians who are ready to join Aisha in encouraging the exited N-power beneficiaries in demanding for their unpaid stipends, while the date for the massive protest is yet to be disclosed.