Government Begins payment Of Batch A and B of N-Power Beneficiaries

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Government <strong>Begins<&sol;strong> payment Of Batch A<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that with the removal of technical hurdles&comma; the Federal Government has resumed payment of allowances to remaining Batch A and B of N-Power volunteers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Permanent Secretary&comma; Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs&comma; Disaster Management and Social Development&comma; Bashir Nura Alkali&comma; in a statement&comma; confirmed that payment has resumed after solving problems of system setbacks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alkali explained that the accounts of the affected 14&comma;021 volunteers were flagged in March 2020 by the Federal Government payment system&comma; the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System &lpar;GIFMIS&rpar;&comma; for various reasons&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He blamed the delay on beneficiaries having multiple accounts or accounts receiving salaries and allowances from multiple the government on permanent employment&comma; or for participating in other schemes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;These acts violate the regulations guiding the N-Power volunteer programme and could amount to gross misconduct and corruption&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he warned&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He noted that the Ministry carried out detailed investigation with relevant <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">MDAs&comma;<&sol;a> and so far 9&comma;066 volunteers beneficiaries have been cleared for final payment&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Based on this reality&comma; the five months allowance arrears of N150&comma;000 each&comma; is currently being paid&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he further explained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He also clarified that the allowances of the remaining 4&comma;955 volunteers is still withheld for further investigation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Alkali promised sanctions for volunteers who violated agreement guiding the scheme and the law&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Where clear violations of the agreements are established&comma; such violators will be subjected to appropriate sanctions as stipulated by the law&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Permanent Secretary reiterated that the exercise clearly demonstrated the Ministry’s resolve to address outstanding issues in a transparent manner for accountability and to forestall future occurrences&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;