The federal government has extended the deadline for “unemployed Nigerians” to register on the N-Power jobs portal.
The application process, which was scheduled to end on July 25, has now been extended till the end of August.
A statement released on Monday by Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the Vice-President on Media and Publicity, indicated that the extension was borne out of the need to attract more applicants.
“The Federal Government is providing an additional grace period for more young Nigerians to access the N-Power opportunity. The new deadline for the receipt of applications is now Wednesday, August 31, 2016,” he said.
“N-Power is one of the initiatives of the N500 billion President Muhammadu Buhari’s Social Investment Programme designed to empower young Nigerians with life-long skills to find or create work.
“The N-Power programme is segmented into three: N-Power Teachers Corps Agriculture and Health related jobs; N-Power Knowledge for ICT and N-Power Build for building services and artisanal training
“N-Power is targeted at young Nigerians aged between 18 and 35 and is aimed at enlisting a total of 600,000 young Nigerians in phases, and under different sectors, in the largest capacity development and empowerment effort yet in the country.”
“This will also allow those yet to complete the application process to ensure they see the process through as incomplete applications will not be processed. To apply, simply log on to www.npower.gov.ng and register for any one of the three sub-programmes.
“Please note that applications may be subject to other criteria which can be found on the N-Power website. Any prospective applicant, who has any challenge with uploading supporting documents unto the Portal because of the size of the files, should attach these documents in a mail transmitted to support@npower.gov.ng
“After the Application portal closes, there will be a verification, testing and selection process before successful applicants are enlisted in phases as the specific programme design may necessitate.”
The portal – N-Power. gov.ng – which was launched on Saturday June 11, recorded over 400,000 successful registrations and 35 million hits in 36 hours.
The heavy traffic recorded on the portal temporarily crashed the website as thousands of unemployed Nigerians sought to register for job opportunities.
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