N-POWER: Beneficiaries Set For Nationwide Strike Over Nonpayment Of Two Month Stipends

In an open letter written by a concerned N-power volunteer, calling the attention of the federal government to the nonpayment of October and November stipends to beneficiaries nationwide.

The strike move, which is currently gathering momentum amongst other beneficiaries across the 36 states of the federation, pointed that beneficiaries were kept in the dark over the reason behind the delay and asked why the minister in charge of the social intervention programme failed to make any official statement up till this time of the month (30th November, 2019).

The Lagos State Npower volunteer (name witheld), finally suggest that all beneficiaries should embark on indefinite strike starting from Monday, 2nd of November, 2019.

Read the full letter below:

It is extremely inhuman and act of wickedness for the said Ministry now in charge of Npwer to treat 500,000 Nigerian Npower graduates like a kid.

The question I ask myself is that, “REMOVING NPOWER FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, IS IT A WRONG MOVE??” believe it or not. When the office of the Vice President was in charge of Npower, even before getting up to this, they would have released official statement telling volunteers the reason for the delay payment and afterwards , apologize. That is the office that respect the graduates and as such treat us as one.

For me, even the support group are kept in the dark and that is the reason up till now, no one has been able to give us concrete reason for the delay of the stipends. With due respect to the Honourable Minister whom I believe is a mother to all especially being a woman, I don’t expect this kind of ill treatment from her to the volunteers.

I expect before now, she would have officially informed beneficiaries the real reason for the delay through her social media page, but instead, she kept mute and decided not to reply to any question posed to her by Npower volunteers through her social media page.

This is wrong and unacceptable because they aren’t doing us a favour, it is our right and we deserve to be paid work done.

– We therefore call on the Hon. Minister to come out and tell us what is actually happening. If the program will continue or they are planning to scrap it, we deserve to know the reality on ground.

– When exactly are they going to pay us??

– Any other update aside from the one from the Hon minister is not acceptable and will never be taken as reliable information.

– Volunteers can no longer cope having to transport themselves to their place of primary assignment.

WE CHARGED ALL VOLUNTEERS STARTING FROM MONDAY 2ND DECEMBER TO STAY AT HOME.

THIS IS THE ERA OF “NO PAY, NO WORK”