NPower Latest News – Nigeria’s Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development has been accused of converting the March Stipend of NPower beneficiaries to COVID-19 palliatives.
It is understood that the ministry, which started paying stipend for March on 14 April, had delayed the payment to the N-Power beneficiaries for two weeks.
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It was learned that the payment was delayed because the ministry wanted to finalise plans to divert the monies to palliatives measure occasioned by coronavirus outbreak in Nigeria.
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The Humanitarian Ministry spearheaded the move despite a warning by stakeholders in the scheme, according to a document obtained by SaharaReporters.
Sources in the ministry disclosed that tagging N-Power Stipend as the federal government’s COVID-19 palliatives was a bid to divert funds originally meant for the palliative.
NPower Latest News – It was observed that in a bank notification, the payment was tagged “30k FG alert”.
“Payment has always been processed and paid through the Nigerian Interbank Settlement System (NIBSS) but the one for the month of March was processed with the Government Integrated Financial and Management Information System (GIFMIS).
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“This payment was done by skipping the Treasury Single Account of the Federal Government,” SaharaReporters quoted a source in the ministry as saying.
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Please leave our minister alone if u you guys u will do worse leave her to rest