FG begins assessment of 1m job applicants

The Federal Government has begun assessing about one million applicants for its N-Power programme of the Buhari Presidency to pick the final 500,000 for the two-year volunteer positions.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, said in a statement last night that the government earlier yesterday released a schedule for the next phase of the N-Power Programme which is the job creation and empowerment initiative of its Social Investment Programme.

He said under the next phase of the programme, candidates would be assessed in phases based on their specific chosen programmes before the final selection.

Akande said: “Under this phase, applicants are to log in and fill in their phone numbers and surnames as contained in their original application, using their personal profile (which has been opened for every applicant).

In addition, all candidates will be notified by SMS of their assessment the day before.”

He said all assessments would include some personal questions and other questions testing basic knowledge of English, general knowledge and quantitative reasoning.

Akande said applicants would be tested on other programme-specific questions depending on the programme they applied for.

He said they could take their tests on a smart-phone, tablet, laptop or desktop computer, provided the devices have internet connection.

He said successful applicants would be selected to participate in the N-Power programme.

He stated: “Applicants can only gain access to their profile for assessment as represented in the schedule which breaks down applicants in batches by the first letter in their surnames.

“Based on the schedule, applicants for the N-Power Teach programme will be first in line, starting today and applicants whose surnames fall between the alphabets V-Z (e.g. Venda, Wushishi, Xiaver, Yusuf, Zikora) should log in and take their assessments on the stipulated date.