2017 NPower Payment commencement by SSA to the president on SIP

Npower 2017 Batch.
It is with great pleasure that I announce our readiness to now deploy and formally engage our N-Power Graduate Volunteers (Batch 2) effective August 1, 2018.
To this effect, please kindly note the following action points and datelines:
1. Final Selection Lists broken down in States/LGA for each of the (3) N-Power component would be circulated to ALL Focal Persons on Friday July 20, 2018.
2. We would expect the States & FCT in conjunction with all State N-Power partners are to ensure their prompt deployment to their assigned Primary Places of Assignment (PPA) on or before August 1, 2018.
These State based N-Power partners comprise but not limited to the following:
N-Teach
a. State Universal Board for Education (SUBEB)
b. State & LGA Offices for Adult Education Centres
c. State & LGA Offices for Nomadic Education
N-Agro
d. State & LGA Offices for Agriculture Development Programme (ADP) N-Health
e. State & LGA Offices for Primary Health Care Board
3. States and FCT are expected to return Deployment Schedules to us on or before Friday August 3, 2018
4. All deployed Volunteers are to upload on their N-Power portal page their STAMPED & SIGNED
Confirmation of Resumption on or before Friday August 10, 2018
in order to qualify for their first payment stipend due by August 31, 2018
5. Please note that all the successfully onboarded and deployed final selection volunteers are engaged for a period of 2 years beginning August 1, 2018 to July 31, 2020.
Congratulations to all Successful Volunteers and wishing them an Impactful time in the Programme.
Barrister Ismaeel Ahmed, Senior Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Social Investment Programmes, SIP.

NIGEEIA AIRWAYS TO NIGERIA AIR

Nigerian Airways a Land Mark Achievement by the Buhari's Administration

Since the 1970's till date, Nigerian Airways that once competed with global world best careers failed to stay afloat. The Airway that was once a symbol of national pride deteriorated gradually, with a growing laxness towards safety resulting in a spate of plane crashes in the 1970s. Mismanagement and corruption turned our national careers to an object of bargaining chips and political tools by successive administrations until the professionals that built the institution were gradually phased out.

The airline was used to compensate political allies with free flights, with managers abusing their office and engaging in all forms of graft and money laundering. The airline once boasted efficient services with cheap fares, became grounded in the hands of opportunistic leaders. At some point in history, the Nigerian Airline's operating fleet shrank from 32 to 1, leaving the corporation buried under debt to the tune of $60 million at the time of its liquidation.



Inconsistent policies, multiple taxation, inadequate infrastructure, and poor regulatory oversight, left the industry on the brink, with some larger players paying the price. With frequent incidences of plane clash, the call for higher safety standards led to less frequent crashes, but much borrowing. Airlines were subjected to multiple taxation.

As steps to revitalize the Nigerian Airways the Buhari administration began by clearing all debts owed by the Nigerian airways staff entitlement see link http://thenationonlineng.net/fg-approves-payment-of-nigeria-airways-staff-entitlements/

Today the Federal government is set to unveil the Nigeria Airways Logo in preparation to the come back of our National Carrier after 30 years.

Recall the many achievements of the President on road infrastructure, recall his work on Rail ways and now Airways.

#BuhariHasMyVote

Joseph Odok
#BuharistsHangOut

HOW OSINBAJO, SILICON VALLEY, HOLLYWOOD INVESTORS, US INDUSTRY CHIEFTAINS INTERACTED & EXCHANGED IDEAS ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIA

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

PRESS RELEASE

HOW OSINBAJO, SILICON VALLEY, HOLLYWOOD INVESTORS, US INDUSTRY CHIEFTAINS INTERACTED & EXCHANGED IDEAS ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIA

*FG promises protection of intellectual property, investment

For two days, American investors and chieftains from the technology and entertainment sectors of the US and indeed global economies took turns to listen and actively interact with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and the Nigerian delegation drawn from the public and private sectors.

They came in impressive numbers for two full days to listen and assess investment opportunities in Nigeria and also asked questions.

From the Silicon Valley for instance, well over twenty core American investors in technology spent over hours on Monday afternoon interacting with the Nigerian delegation led by the Vice President alongside others including Industry, Trade & Investment Minister Dr Okey Enelamah, on how to invest in Nigeria.

Top among the US investors were Tim Kendall, a US investor who worked with Facebook monetization and has led PINTEREST, headquartered in San Francisco and valued at about $12B. Pinterest is a “web and mobile application company that operates a software system designed to discover information on the World Wide Web, mainly using images and on a shorter scale, GIFs and videos. Pinterest has reached 200 million monthly active users as of September 2017.”
Others who attended the investment summit in Silicon Valley included representatives of StreetEdge Capital, a Bay Area, California multi-billion dollar family partnership with global footprints including holdings in the US, India and Africa. There were also others including Chika Nwobi and Tom Terbell, partners from Rise Capital, “a private equity firm specializing in early venture and later stage investments. It seeks to invest in the internet enabled sector in emerging markets.” The multi-million dollar investment firm is also based in San Francisco, California.
In the same vein, Prof. Osinbajo also visited the headquarters of LinkedIn where he held a meeting with the Co-founder of LinkedIn, Allen Blue, and other senior executives of the company at its headquarters in California.
The Vice President later also featured as the Special Guest at the firm's Fireside Chat with a packed full room of Nigerians in Diaspora, which was also streamed live to a global audience.
The next day in Los Angeles, right in Hollywood, the Vice President and his delegation, drawn mainly from the Advisory Group on Technology Innovation and Creativity, an arm of the National Industrial Competitiveness Council, also met with an impressive array of entertainment chieftains and investors in the US.
They included top Hollywood executives like Mark Viane of Paramount Pictures; Steven O'Dell of Sony Pictures; Kieran Breen, Karen Mbanefo and Bryan Song of 20th Century Fox, Betty Lee of Lions Gate; Craig Dehmel and Shehu Garba from IMAX Entertainment; Monique Esclavissat of Warner Bros; Mary Ann Hughes from Walt Disney, John Fithian from the National Association of Theater Owners, and Ryan Gibson of BET International, among others. There were also representatives from Fox Network,

Also at the forum from the Nigerian delegation were renowned names in the film, music & entertainment industry, including Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface; New York-based Nigerian visual artist, musician, singer/songwriter, Laolu Senbanjo; CEO, Ebony Life TV, Mo Abudu, Chocolate City CEO, Audu Maikori; founder/CEO Terra Kulture, Bolanle Austen-Peters; New York artist, Sesan Ogunro among others.

It would be recalled that the Vice President on Monday was received by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other top Google executives at the global technology company’s corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley, California.

After the meeting in Silicon Valley, the Vice President also interacted with scores of Nigerians working with Google.
Speaking in Hollywood before he left the US early yesterday, Prof. Osinbajo noted that the Federal Government is determined to ensure needed regulations to stimulate the growth of the country’s entertainment and creative industries, including the protection of Intellectual Property and investment guarantees.

The VP stated this during the interactive investment forum on Nigeria’s creativity sector with US-based entertainment outlets, media & investors held in Waldorf Astoria, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, all day Tuesday.

According to the Vice President, “we understand how dynamic the environment is, both technology and creative arts. But we think that the way to go will be to work with those who are actually in the industry, those like yourselves who are putting in their money, their resources, time, and energy into this, and trying to do our regulations in such a way that we are competitive practically with anyone else in the world.

“So what we have done so far is that we’ve been looking at what the specific issues are, and there are quite a few. There are those who want to know about what we are doing in terms of Intellectual Property protection, investment guarantee, and all of that. But I think that the most important thing really, is that we have a government and a lot of those who work in our agencies, who are determined to work through this, day by day, piece by piece to make sure that we get our environment right, and we get the right type of investment environment.”
Prof. Osinbajo further said the Buhari administration will continue to make effort to improve the country’s infrastructure and technology to grow the country’s entertainment/creative sector and the digital economy.

He said, “we are also, of course, very interested in many ways, in deepening infrastructure, especially broadband, connectivity and all of that, because we think that mobile telephony is going to be one of the big ways, especially for the distribution of film and all of that. And we are convinced that with the size of our population, we must find ways of getting film and content unto mobile phones, and also working out payment systems around that because we think that that is the way this is going to go.

“We know that in the next couple of years, that really is where a lot of development is going to go to, and we are very anxious to get our regulations right, to get all of our laws in place and to ensure that we are able to attract all of you who want to do business with us, especially those of you who are coming from other countries. As for the Nigerians, we are, of course, actively engaged with the local industry, and that is one of the reasons why we have the advisory council which takes into account many of our local investors, local artistes and the local entertainment crowd generally.”

The interactive forum in Los Angeles was the last leg of the Vice President’s trip to the United States where he led a Public-Private sector collaborative investment road show, including meetings with global industry leaders in the technology, film, music & entertainment industry in San Francisco and Los Angeles respectively.
The investment road show led by the Vice President showcased the efforts of the Buhari administration in developing Nigeria’s technology, entertainment and creative sectors; and sought to deepen collaboration between Nigeria and the US in these areas.
Also on the Vice President’s delegation were representatives of tech firms, Nollywood and several relevant government agencies.
His earlier meetings with a series of key US technology investors, executives from US-based companies at the “Invest in Nigeria Summit”, was held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Palo Alto, San Francisco, California, while the meeting with Hollywood and US entertainment industry operatives was at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Los Angeles.
At the meetings which were well attended by US and Nigerian investors/industry chieftains, Prof. Osinbajo reiterated Government’s commitment to the growth of the country’s digital economy by creating the right environment for the technology, creative industries to thrive and unlocking the country’s potential.
The Vice President said, “One of the critical things for us also, is the fact that we are very open to ensuring that regulation is competitive, especially in the Tech space. All over the world, this is a very dynamic environment, and we recognise that, and we want to be able to work with players and investors, to get the regulations and environment right.”
Prof. Osinbajo also showcased opportunities for innovation and investment in Nigeria, while also highlighting the growth of Nigerian technology start-ups and young Nigerians taking the lead in innovation and creativity.

He noted that Government was exploring more ways to leverage on technology to improve infrastructure and other areas of the economy, while also highlighting the impact of the Buhari administration Social Investment Programme such as the N-power scheme and how it leverages on technology to train and empower young Nigerian graduates. So far the N-Power scheme has 200,000 beneficiaries, with 300,000 more expected to be added soon.


OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

PRESS RELEASE


HOW OSINBAJO, SILICON VALLEY, HOLLYWOOD INVESTORS, US INDUSTRY CHIEFTAINS INTERACTED & EXCHANGED IDEAS ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN NIGERIA

*FG promises protection of intellectual property, investment


For two days, American investors and chieftains from the technology and entertainment sectors of the US and indeed global economies took turns to listen and actively interact with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, and the Nigerian delegation drawn from the public and private sectors.

They came in impressive numbers for two full days to listen and assess investment opportunities in Nigeria and also asked questions.

From the Silicon Valley for instance, well over twenty core American investors in technology spent hours on Monday afternoon interacting with the Nigerian delegation led by the Vice President alongside others including Industry, Trade & Investment Minister Dr Okey Enelamah, on how to invest in Nigeria.

Top among the US investors were Tim Kendall, a US investor who worked with Facebook monetization and has led PINTEREST, headquartered in San Francisco, valued at about $12B. Pinterest is a “web and mobile application company that operates a software system designed to discover information on the World Wide Web, mainly using images and on a shorter scale, GIFs and videos. Pinterest has reached 200 million monthly active users as of September 2017.”


Others who attended the investment summit in Silicon Valley included representatives of StreetEdge Capital, a Bay Area, California multi-billion dollar family partnership with global footprints including holdings in the US, India and Africa. There were also others including Chika Nwobi and Tom Terbell, partners from Rise Capital, “a private equity firm specializing in early venture and later stage investments. It seeks to invest in the internet enabled sector in emerging markets.” The multi-million dollar investment firm is also based in San Francisco, California.


In the same vein, Prof. Osinbajo also visited the headquarters of LinkedIn where he held a meeting with the Co-founder of LinkedIn, Allen Blue, and other senior executives of the company at its headquarters in California. The Vice President later featured as the Special Guest at the firm's Fireside Chat with a room packed full of Nigerians in Diaspora, which was also streamed live to a global audience.

The next day, the Vice President and his delegation, drawn mainly from the Advisory Group on Technology Innovation and Creativity, an arm of the National Industrial Competitiveness Council, moved over to Los Angeles, right in Hollywood and met with an impressive array of entertainment chieftains and investors in the US.

They included top Hollywood executives like Mark Viane of Paramount Pictures; Steven O'Dell of Sony Pictures; Kieran Breen, Karen Mbanefo and Bryan Song of 20th Century Fox, Betty Lee of Lions Gate; Craig Dehmel and Shehu Garba from IMAX Entertainment; Monique Esclavissat of Warner Bros; Mary Ann Hughes from Walt Disney, John Fithian from the National Association of Theater Owners, and Ryan Gibson of BET International, among others. There were also representatives from Fox Network, Universal Studios, etc.

Also at the forum from the Nigerian delegation were renowned names in the film, music & entertainment industry, including Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tuface; New York-based Nigerian visual artist, musician, singer/songwriter, Laolu Senbanjo; CEO, Ebony Life TV, Mo Abudu, Chocolate City CEO, Audu Maikori; founder/CEO Terra Kulture, Bolanle Austen-Peters; and Sesan Ogunro among others.

It would be recalled that the Vice President on Monday was received by Google CEO Sundar Pichai and other top Google executives at the global technology company’s corporate headquarters in Silicon Valley, California. Discussions centred around how both the Federal Government and Google could work together to beef up digital access in Nigeria. After that meeting, the Vice President also interacted with scores of Nigerians working with Google.

Speaking in Hollywood before he left the US early yesterday, Prof. Osinbajo noted that the Federal Government is determined to ensure needed regulations are in place to stimulate the growth of the country’s entertainment and creative industries, including the protection of Intellectual Property and investment guarantees.


The VP stated this during the interactive investment forum on Nigeria’s creativity sector with US-based entertainment outlets, media & investors held in Waldorf Astoria, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, all day Tuesday.

According to the Vice President, “we understand how dynamic the environment is, both technology and creative arts. But we think that the way to go will be to work with those who are actually in the industry, those like yourselves who are putting in their money, their resources, time, and energy into this, and trying to do our regulations in such a way that we are competitive practically with anyone else in the world.


“So what we have done so far is that we’ve been looking at what the specific issues are, and there are quite a few. There are those who want to know about what we are doing in terms of Intellectual Property protection, investment guarantee, and all of that. But I think that the most important thing really, is that we have a government, and a lot of those who work in our agencies, who are determined to work through this, day by day, piece by piece to make sure that we get our environment right, and we get the right type of investment environment.”


Prof. Osinbajo further said the Buhari administration will continue to make effort to improve the country’s infrastructure and technology to grow the country’s entertainment/creative sector and the digital economy.

He said “we are also, of course, very interested in many ways, in deepening infrastructure, especially broadband connectivity and all of that, because we think that mobile telephony is going to be one of the big ways, especially for the distribution of film and all of that. And we are convinced that with the size of our population, we must find ways of getting film and content unto mobile phones, and also working out payment systems around that because we think that that is the way this is going to go.

“We know that in the next couple of years, that really is where a lot of development is going to go to, and we are very anxious to get our regulations right, to get all of our laws in place and to ensure that we are able to attract all of you who want to do business with us, especially those of you who are coming from other countries. As for Nigerians, we are, of course, actively engaged with the local industry, and that is one of the reasons why we have the advisory council which takes into account many of our local investors, local artistes and the local entertainment crowd generally.”



The interactive forum in Los Angeles was the last leg of the Vice President’s trip to the United States where he led a Public-Private sector collaborative investment road show, including meetings with global industry leaders in the technology, film, music & entertainment industry in San Francisco and Los Angeles respectively.


The investment road show led by the Vice President showcased the efforts of the Buhari administration in developing Nigeria’s technology, entertainment and creative sectors; and sought to deepen collaboration between Nigeria and the US in these areas.


Also on the Vice President’s delegation were representatives of tech firms, Nollywood and several relevant government agencies. A number of representatives of those agencies also held a meeting with Facebook at its headquarters in the Silicon Valley on Tuesday.

The VP’s earlier meetings with a series of key US technology investors and executives from US-based companies-“Invest in Nigeria Summit”, held at the Four Seasons Hotel, Palo Alto, San Francisco, California, while the meeting with Hollywood and US entertainment industry operatives held all day at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Los Angeles.

At the meetings which were well attended by US and Nigerian investors/ industry chieftains, Prof. Osinbajo reiterated Government’s commitment to the growth of the country’s digital economy by creating the right environment for the technology, creative industries to thrive and unlocking the country’s potential.

The Vice President said “one of the critical things for us also, is the fact that we are very open to ensuring that regulation is competitive, especially in the Tech space. All over the world, this is a very dynamic environment, and we recognise that, and we want to be able to work with players and investors, to get the regulations and environment right.”

Prof. Osinbajo also showcased opportunities for innovation and investment in Nigeria, while also highlighting the growth of Nigerian technology start-ups and young Nigerians taking the lead in innovation and creativity.

He noted that government was exploring more ways to leverage on technology to improve infrastructure and other areas of the economy, while also highlighting the impact of the Buhari administration Social Investment Programme such as the N-power scheme and how it leverages on technology to train and empower young Nigerian graduates. So far the N-Power scheme has 200,000 beneficiaries, with 300,000 more expected to be added soon.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media & Publicity
Office of the Vice President
12th July 2018

FINALLY: ABACHA'S RECOVERED LOOTED MONEY WOULD BE SHARED AMONG NIGERIANS

$322m Abacha loot: Osinbajo reveals how
beneficiaries would be selected
Published on July 12, 2018


Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo has finally cleared the air on how the beneficiaries of the direct cash transfer from the $322m recovered Abacha loot would be paid.
The money is part of the loot stashed in Switzerland by the late former Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha The Vice President made the clarification on Wednesday at the launching of the Monitoring of Recovered Assets through Transparency and Accountability project.
The launching was part of the ‘Roundtable of the African Union Champion on Anti-Corruption’ to commemorate 1st African Day of Anti-Corruption.
The event was co-organised by the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, PACAC, andthe African Union, with the theme, “Enhancing Domestic Resources for Sustainable Development Goals by Improved Asset Recovery and Asset Return.”
Osinbajo was represented at the event by Special Adviser to the President on Social Protection, Maryam Uwais.
He assured that the cash transfer programme would be monitored to ensure transparency of the process.
She said monitors would visit the individual households that have been identified through “deliberate targeting.”
The VP said, “By the end of this year, we should have a register of the entire country.
“This register is where all our beneficiaries will be mined from. There is a number for each of the beneficiaries, and we’ll have pictures captured.
“When we started, three banks offered to support us with the biometrics. By the time they started going to the locations they realised it was costly for them.
“So they backed out. Now, we’re working through agents to ensure we pay at the last mile, because if a person is on this register, and is actually deserving of this our N 5, 000, many of them cannot travel for long distances.
“Many of them need the money so we don’ t want them spending money going to look for their money. So we’re using the agents. We’re working to see that their biometrics are captured.
“It’ s more than just financial inclusion . It’ s also social inclusion. It’s important for planning that every state is aware of where these people are located.
“We’re also collating data on access roads to these communities, nearest primary schools, secondary schools, healthcare centres, connectivity issues.
“There is a huge conversation on how to ensure that we’re able to make payment by virtual wallet, because a lot of our women on pay days are visible when they go to collect their money and we need to protect them.

N-POWER GIVE BIRTH TO S-POWER....... What can we call this?

KATSINA 5,000 SUCCESSFUL S-POWER APPLICANTS GET APPOINTMENT LETTER NEXT WEEK

Katsina Media & Publicity
1st July 2018

The katsina State Governor Rt. Hon. Aminu Bello Masari has disclosed that letters of appointment will be released on tuesday next week to 5,000 teachers under the newly introduced S-power programme in the state.

@Katgovmedia reports Masari was speaking during a rally organised by beneficiaries of social intervention programmes in support of Governor Aminu Masari. A programme organised under the office of special Adviser on Girl child Education and Development held at Muhammad Dikko stadium in Katsina.

Masari further explained that the S-power scheme was introduced to complement the N-power social intervention programme of the federal government to create jobs for the teeming unemployed youths and strengthen the teachers capacity so as to Actualise the dream of an Educative state.

The Governor noted that the various intervention programmes had economic and social multiplier effects of improving the well-being of farmers, cooks, transporters and others in the chain of running the programme.

He therefore charged state governments to emulate the federal government in creating similar social intervention programmes in their respective States so as yo reduce restiveness and create employment, as the  programmes have positive multiplier effects.

our Correspondents recount that the Governor observed that the school feeding programme had increases the enrollment and retention rate of pupils in primary schools not only in Katsina state but throughout the federation.

The rally was concluded with distribution of 2,500 pots, 6,800 coolers and 350,000 plates to the beneficiaries of school feeding programme, Masari explained that the gesture was meant to enhance hygienic provision of the food to the pupils.

He appealed to parents/guardians to ensure that the plates of the pupils are kept clean to prevent the food from contermination.

The Governor announced plans by the present APC administration to introduced S-Power scheme in the health and other critical  sectors in the state.

Earlier, the focal person and special Adviser on Girl child education, Hajiya Binta Umar Abba gave a welcome Address were she expressed at the gathering that the rally was organized at the instance of the beneficiaries of the social intervention programmes in the state.

Katsina Media and Publicity reports that Binta explained that 3477 benefitted from the three components of N- power, conditional cash transfer and Girl Education project- GEP in the state.

She expressed the hope that the beneficiaries would reciprocate the gesture through massive votes to APC in the 2019 general elections.

Others who spoke during the rally were the Desk officer for understand social investment programme in Kaita, Alhaji Dalhatu Bara’u Batagarawa, Murja and Bilki Sa’idu Malumfashi, the two beneficiaries of school feeding programme as well as a beneficiary of N- power who showered encomium on both president Muhammad Buhari and Governor Masari for the social investment programmes in the state.

Recall that Katsina media and publicity had last month Announced the screening exercise. And subsequent Success of the 5000 Applicants.

Director General
Ibrahim M Abdullah