Federal Government Introduces the N-Power Programme to Address Youth Unemployment

The Federal Government of Nigeria has designed the N-Power Programme to reduce to the barest minimum youth unemployment. 

The focus is to provide young graduates and non-graduates with the skills, tools and livelihood to enable them advance from unemployment to employment, entrepreneurship and innovation. 

The first phase of N-Power will target Nigeria’s critical needs in education, agriculture, technology, creative, construction and artisanal industries. 

N-Power is also preparing Nigeria for a global outsourcing push where young Nigerians can export their services to work on global projects that earn Nigeria, foreign exchange.

N-Power is segmented as follows:

N-Power Teachers Corps- 500,000 graduates

N-Power Knowledge – 25,000 non-graduates

N-Power Build- 75,000 non-graduates

The programme is supported by both government and the private sector. 

Registration commences on the 11th of June 2016.

For more information do visit npower.gov.ng