NPower Update - 200,000 Youth Have Been Selected And Pay Increased

According to laolu Akande, who is the senior special assistant to the vice president on media, he said 200, 000 graduates has been selected. he said the graduates are to work as teachers and agricultural extension workers across the country. she disclosed this at the second presidential economic communication workshop in Abuja on Friday .

In his exact words he said;
“We have selected 200,000 graduates out of 500,000. This is the first batch,” he said.
“One hundred and fifty thousand will work as teachers while 50, 000 will work as extension workers.

“Their pay which is 30, 000 per month, will go directly into their account.,”

Note: The pay has been increased from 23 to 30.