Important Guide to N-Power Batch C Beneficiaries

Dear Applicants,

Following your participation in the N-Power programme, all beneficiaries are therefore advised to proceed to their designated verification centre for physical verification (address is displayed on their self-service portal under “Verification”, alternatively you may dial the dedicated USSD code service on *45665#)

After verification, please proceed to your Place of Primary Assignment (PPA) with your PPA letter (which is available for printing from your self-service portal under "Deployment") and have it signed by the relevant PPA personnel.

Finally, return to your self-service portal and upload the signed PPA letter.

 For additional enquiries, call 018888340, 092203102, 018888148 018888189

Dial *45665# to check your PPA venue and date of physical verification

Please accept my congratulations and best wishes

Engr. Umar B. Bindir (PhD)

SAP and National Coordinator (NSIP)

Attention: FG inaugurates 510,000 graduate, non-graduate volunteers

 
The Federal Government on Monday in Abuja inaugurated the 510,000 N-Power Batch C stream 1 across the country.

In her keynote address at the inauguration, Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development congratulated the successful beneficiaries.

She said the N-Power Batch C was divided into two streams; Stream C1 of 510,000 beneficiaries and stream C2 for 490,000 others.

According to her, under the Batch C1, a total of 450,000 had been selected to benefit under the graduate component, while 60,000 beneficiaries will be under the non-graduate component.

“Today, we are here to inaugurate the N-Power Batch C1. The N-Power graduate volunteers are entitled to a monthly stipend of thirty thousand naira each (N30,000.00) for a period of one year.

”The non-graduate beneficiaries are entitled to ten thousand naira (N10,000.000) monthly stipends for a period of nine months.

TOPIC: CONNECTING THE SUPERNATURAL HELP FROM GOD

TEXT: Psalm 121:1-8

OBJECTIVE
(i) To understand that nothing on earth is achievable without the help of God.

THINGS TO NOTE
(i) You must understand that every earthly assistance is a blessing from your Heavenly father.

(ii) Know that the hand of God is always on top of the visible hand which you always see with your eyes.

(iii) The help of God is everybody's need to shield us from being open to attack of the enemy.

WHY SHOULD WE GO FOR THE HELP OF GOD
(i) The help of God is certain and reliable than the help of man. (Ps 46:11, 60:11).

(ii) God never changes His mind, over what He has promised to do or give (Ps 46:1).

(iii) The help of God to man is always on time though most times is not when man want it to be. (Malachi 3:6)

(iv) The help of God is always stress free (Prov. 10:22)

(v) The help of God is most wisely act of God. (John 6:6;  1 Timothy 1:17).

WHAT THE HELP OF GOD SPONSORS FOR US
(i) The help of God sponsors victory in our day to day battles. (1 Sam. 7:12).

(ii) The help of God sponsors deliverance.

(iii) The help of God sponsors supernatural strength for success unto profess, 2 Chron. 26:5,15, 15; 1 Kings 18:46, Daniel 11:32.

(iv) The help from God sponsors our Divine escape from frustrations, ((Isaiah 50:7-9).

(v) The help of God sponsors the persistence and continuity on the path of success (Acts 26:22).

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN FOCUS FOR HELP IS SHIFTED FROM GOD TO MAN
(i) The Glory of God will be shared (Isaiah 48:11). The gratitude that is due is always given to man by God.

(ii) You will not become a slave to man

HOW CAN YOU ATTRACT/MAINTAIN HELP FROM GOD
1. Engaging in Prayers for Help. Psalm 42:1; Heb 4:16
Examples;- (i) Daniel contacted Heavenly assistance through the tools of prayer Daniel 10: 12-13.

(ii) Hannah was able to open her womb through the tools of prayer (1 sam. 2:19-22).

2. Through real openness and display of helplessness to God for help-- Heb. 4:16
Examples
(i) David was always open to God for help. 1 Sam 30:8; 23:2,9.
(ii) Jesus; John 15:19.

3. Through Developing a thankful heart
1 Samuel 7:9-12, 1 Chron. 15:26
Example (i) Jesus Christ.

TOPIC: MAINTAINING PEACE AND HARMONY IN MARRIAGES AND RELATIONSHIP

TEXT: COL. 2:2, 1 PETER 4:8, ROM 12:18.

OBJECTIVE:
(i) To understand how peace and harmony can be maintained in relationships.
(ii) To see the need, why peace should be welcome into relationships.

WHAT TO DO FOR PEACE TO REIGN
1. Refuse and avoid every argument
(a) To build your home, you must avoid every kind of argument, Prov 14:1.
(b) Let go of your spouse/partner's fault Prov. 17:9.
(c) Do not debt with your partner over anything concerning your

TOPIC: LOOKING AT DEDICATION AND IT'S REWARD

Text: Heb. 11:16, Isaiah 45:19, Matt. 6:33

 OBJECTIVE:

(i) To understand the relationship between dedication and the rewards that accompanied it.

(ii) To know that every active work done for God is not without reward at the end.

 INTRODUCTION

Always know that God rewards servants, not official people, God looks at those who looks after the things of God.

 THINGS TO NOTE

(1) Always understand that, the dedicated are constantly marked out for a blessing.

 (2) Your stand for the things of God determine your height in life.

 (3) Understand that there is payments in serving God, it is a curse and pain to serve the devil and it is a lose to stay without either.

 (4) Your time for God determines your stand in life.

 

MEN THAT DEDICATED THEIR LIVES TO GOD THAT WERE REWARDED

(1) ABRAHAM

(2) JOB

(3) JOSEPH (Gen 39:1-9)

 

AREAS THAT JOSEPH WAS DEDICATED TO GOD

(a) Becoming difference in the place of service to God: At 17 years, he reported the evil conduct of his brothers to his father (Gen 37:2).

 He cared more to stand for the right way and things. Again, at 17 years, his brothers hated him because of his difference character he had from his brothers.

 (b) His Decision to serve God any cause:

Nothing could stop Him from being faithful to God. (Including putting him in pit; putting him in the prison; false accusation; Betrayal and braking of promise by those trusted.

 (c) His Decision to see God as his all and all in his life and action.

 (d) His refusal to compromise situation till his visitation came by God alone.

(e) He was patient enough to wait and believe God to take him up to the top as he had promised.

 

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE DEDICATED OUR LIVES TO HIM

(i) God will go with you all the way, (Gen 39:2, 21).

 (ii) Release of wisdom that will announce you to the place of Glory and influence, (Gen 41:39).

 

NOTE:

(1) Reward or blessing of God to man is always attached to giving out of self on the platform of dedication.

 (2) Man respond to dedication to God entails the response of God to man's situation.

 (3) When God needed to redeemed, man back to himself,, He came down to work, (Mark 10:45).

 

(2) JOB (Job 1:1-3)

 

AREAS OF JOB'S DEDICATION TO GOD

(i) The act of making his standing out for God, the more valuable assets in his life. (Job and money, children, possession, businesses but was use in description of job but his service life).

 (ii) The act of pleasing God to an extent that God has to use him as testimony point to the devil. God boast about the stand of bro Job with Him (Job 1:8).

 (iii) His dedication of standing for God is not as a result of looking for things from God, rather, for theperson of Gos. His dedication to God was still in place even when  things got so bad, (Job 13:15).

 (iv) He was ready to remain in the place of service for God even when people left him including his wife and friends.

 

THE REWARD OF JOB'S DEDICATION TO GOD

(i) Restoration of his possessions and finances.

(ii) Recovery of his lost family

(iii) Restoration of his name in the East (Job 42:12-13)

 

NOTE: The blessings that Dedication produces

(i) Setting at the top;

(ii) Putting over your enemy;

(iii) Enjoying steady supply; and

(iv) Becoming an example to the people of Word.

Security Alert to Bank Account Holders

Attention!!!

Almost everyone has a Bank Account with the aim of keeping their money safe, but the rate at which Cybercrime is Increasing, has made most people afraid of keeping their money in the Bank due to the fear of Hackers gaining Access to their Account. If you are having account with any of the Nigerian Banks there are some things you can do to protect your Bank account from those Hackers.

1. Avoid Giving your ATM card to unknown or Untrusted people.

The ATM CARD allows access your Bank account as it contains virtual information, which means if it gets to the wrong hands, they may use it to Access your Bank account thereby stealing your Money.

2. Be careful with Websites you input your Credit Card details

shopping online has become widely accepted, just as we make payments online we should be careful as not all website are real and trusted, always check for website security before putting your card details, as hackers do access those website database to steal Users Card details.

3. Keep your ATM pin private

never disclose your pin to anyone, as we can’t trust people, incase of emergency, share your pin with people you trust only.

AKK Skill Acquisition Programme is a 2 year CSR project available
to Youths and Students of the Tertiary Institutions. The programme aims to expand the availability of local skills in Technical and Management related areas of the Oil & Gas Industry. The programme will also develop the capacity of institutions of higher learning in Engineering and Management related fields of the oil & gas sector.

This programme is expected to train over 500 eligible applicants over a period of 2 years.

Urgent: Register your business with SMEDAN and gain more

Register your business with SMEDAN AND STAND A CHANCE to enjoy government support.

SMEDAN gives you access to government and private sector benefits to help you grow your small or medium scale business faster.

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BEWARE: DSS, NOT CURRENTLY RECRUITING

The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that it is not currently carrying out any recruitment exercise.  This clarification has become necessary in view of desperate efforts by fraudsters to scam unsuspecting job seekers or their sponsors.  

The public should note that recruitment into the Service is never done on monetary basis.  Instead, it is guided by merit and transparency. Beneficiaries undergo series of screening and vetting processes and procedures through which only the best, produced by these, is taken.

In the context of this, members of the public should be mindful of attempts by fraudulent persons and /groups to fleece them of their hard earned money.  They should rather report to the Service any suspicion in this regard.  

BATTLE IN BAUCHI PDP, APC OVER DOGARA'S SEAT

There is tension in both the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) as July 4th 2021 date fixed by the Federal High Court, Abuja, to hear the case involving former Speaker Yakubu Dogara’s seat at the House of Representatives

Since the former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, who, in 2019, got reelected to the Green Chamber on the ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC), there have been unending contention over his seat.

When the Returning Officer for the Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State announced his reelection on the platform of PDP with 73,609 votes to defeat the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dalhatu Kantana, who got 50,078 votes, not many observers then expected any serious contention in the near future over the seat he has occupied since 2015 and from which he emerged the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Urgent: Nigerian Youth Investment Fund Application

 Kindly register on Nigerian Youth Investment Fund by clicking: https://nyif.nmfb.com.ng/Applicants/New

Application online: New Career Job at Npower

N-Power is a job creation and empowerment programme of the National Social Investment Programme of the Federal Government of Nigeria. The N-Power programme is for young Nigerians between the ages of 18 and 35.

Nigeria has the benefit of a young population that can catalyse a productive economy. Although current youth unemployment realities appear arduous, the scale presentsan underlying opportunity. Tapping Nigeria’s youthful demographic edge through largescale and appropriate skills development improves the prospects of economic growth and social inclusion.  Large-scale skills development,an imminent social and economic imperative, lies at the heart of the Federal Government’s 2017-2020 development plan- the Nigeria Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (NERGP). The NERGP identifies and prioritises thelarge-scaledevelopment of relevant skills for young citizens as a key driver of job creation and economic growth. By this investment through the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP), the Federal Government is playing a crucial role in bolstering the human capital of the nation’s workforce.

The Federal Government’s aggressive investment in youth development also targets some of the perennial inadequacies in public services- low teacher to pupil ratio in public primary schools; high rate of preventable diseases; lack of science and knowledge to bolster agriculture production; and a lack of enough taxable persons within the tax net. In introducing N-Power, the Federal Government provides a structure not only for large scale and relevant work skills acquisition and development; but also utilising a large volunteer workforce to fix some of the problems in public services and stimulating the larger economy.
In addition, N-Power is also a tool for diversifying the economy. Particularly, N-Power Agro provides not only the means to apply knowledge and science to our farming practices, but also to gather data for effective planning. With the Non-Graduate category (N-Power Knowledge and N-Power Build), young Nigerians are trained to build a knowledge economy equipped with world-class skills and certification to become relevant in the domestic and global markets. N-Power also focuses on providing our non-graduates with relevant technical and business skills that enhance their work outlook and livelihood.

TO APPLY: CLICK HERE

ENVIRONMENTAL CAMPAIGN: KEEP AKWAPOLY CLEAN

INTRODUCTION

Keep Akwapoly Clean awareness campaign is a set of messages in form of billboard containing photographs, lettering or follow-ups that is being sent out to the entire Polytechnic Community. Cleaning of an environment is a key activity in many societies for centuries. The need to maintain a clean environment is as old as human existence and it is visible in biblical times (i.e. BC and AD) where the Israelites were taught how to dispose body of waste. There is also a common saying: “cleanliness is next to godliness”.

Cleaning is the process of removing unwanted substances, such as dirt, infectious agents, and other impurities, from an object or environment. Cleaning occurs in many different contexts, and uses many different methods. Several occupations are devoted to cleaning. Therefore, societies have adopted various ways of keeping their environments clean despite the fact that economic activities of humanity have been countering these efforts due to their increased sophistication.

In line with cleanliness, waste disposal is the process of collecting, transporting, processing or removal, managing and monitoring of waste materials. This term usually relates to materials produced by human activity, and the process is generally undertaken to reduce their effect on health, the environment or aesthetics.

The problem of Keeping the environment clean, waste management and disposal becomes increasingly pressing as human population, industrial activity and material consumption expand. To most Nigerian Institutions which Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic is not exceptional, the collection and disposal of public wastes, overgrown grasses, unkempt gutter, untidy class rooms etc.  posed the most visible and costly solid waste management problem. Defecation and indiscriminate urination however, dwarf the institution wastes in magnitude particularly toxic and hazardous wastes present a severe danger to the environment.

Apply for Ati Annang Foundation (AAF)2017/2018 Scholarship

To apply, please read carefully to where you will click and apply.
 

Important Information

    By completing and submitting the AAF Scholarship Form, candidate has given his or her consent to the Scholarship Project Committee to verify all information provided in the form including school enrolment and academic performance from his or her Dean and/or Head of Department. Furthermore, such candidate has consented to the verification of his or her Ward/Village/Local Government Area of Origin. False information will render the application invalid!
    Information provided will be kept confidential and cannot be disclosed to any external agencies without prior consent of applicants.
    Every part of the form must be completed.
    Beneficiaries must be studying in accredited higher institutions of learning e.g. Universities, Polytechnics, Schools of Nursing and Colleges of Education in Nigeria.
    The deadline for submission of application form is midnight 30/11/2017. Application received after this deadline will not be considered.
    For any concerns, please contact scholarship@atiannang.org

Click Here to Apply.

Apply for NDDC Skills Acquisition Training Programmes

The Niger Delta Regional Master Plan (NDRDMP) in section 5.7.3 and 5.7.4 addresses policies for economic development in rural and urban areas of the region. The above sections of the Master Plan emphasize the need for all stakeholders to invest consistently in the development of entrepreneur activities in the region, through training and capacity building for entrepreneurs among others activities.
Following the success of the previous programmes and the overwhelming interests of the (MICRO SMALL AND MEDIUM SCALE ENTERPRISES) MSMEs in the region, the Commission intends to further build the capacity of some identified MSMEs from across the region that are determined to compete favourably in today’s global economy.

ABOUT THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME:

The Entrepreneurship Training Programme is about identifying viable businesses in the MSME category from all (9) Nine states of the region, and build their capacity and thereafter provide necessary supports and enabling environment for their growth and competitiveness in today’s global markets. The nature of support will be determined by the business plan that will be developed by each participating entrepreneur during the training.
It needs to be emphasized here that there is need to diversify and strengthen the economies of the Niger Delta States and make them less dependent on the oil and gas sector. Therefore ONLY entrepreneurs outside the oil and gas sector are encouraged to apply.

Buhari emphasized on Ojukwu's Agreement "Nigeria must remain one and United"

In what appears a clear effort to douse the agitation for Biafra, President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday made reference to the late Biafran leader, Emeka Ojukwu, saying both of them agreed on the indivisibility of Nigeria.

Mr. Ojukwu led a breakaway Biafran nation into a civil war with the Nigerian government, between 1967 and 1970. Although the secession failed and Mr. Ojukwu would later contest to be president of Nigeria, there have been renewed agitations for a Biafran nation, particularly led by pan-Igbo groups like IPOB and MASSOB.

In his broadcast to Nigerians on Monday, Mr. Buhari warned that the country will no longer tolerate comments and actions that threaten the collective existence of Nigeria.

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo speaks on his boss return

Acting President Yemi Osinbajo on Saturday expressed happiness with the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from medical vacation in London, saying the president’s recovery was symbolic of the recovery of the country.

Mr. Osinbajo said this while addressing state House Correspondents shortly after conferring with Mr. Buhari at his residence.

“The message to Nigerians is that first the recovery and the recuperation of the president is in some sense symbolic of the recovery of Nigeria.

“Nigeria is going to recover. We are on the path to sure economic recovery.

How a Courageous Scientist Name Dead Migrants in America

A courageous scientist is attempting to identify the badly decomposed remains of 700 people who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

Few migrants who perish at sea are ever positively identified, even though the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that as many as 20,000 people have died in the last decade making Mediterranean crossings. The corpses are typically photographed with a code that may include their sex, if identifiable, and the date they were brought to shore—that’s it. They are buried in donated cemetery plots in graves marked with their codes. It is nearly impossible for loved ones to find them because the graves are spread across places such as the islands of Sicily, Lampedusa and Malta. The photos are almost always kept by parish priests who mind the anonymous graves. Sometimes, the number of dead are reported to the International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project, but the nationalities are generally logged as “unknown.” There is no central database that connects the photos and numbers and burial locations. And there is certainly no collection and cataloguing of DNA.

JOB VACANCY: ETISALAT NIGERIA

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Etisalat's vision is a world where people's reach is not limited by matter or distance; a world where people will effortlessly stay in touch with family and friends; a world where businesses of all sizes can reach new markets without the limitations of distance and travel.

We are recruiting to fill the vacant position below:

Job Title: Analyst, Quality Assurance
Location: Lagos

URGENT: Nigerian Army e-Recruitment Portal

Nigerian Army e-Recruitment Portal
74RRI Recruitment Exercise takes place from 30 July - Sep 12, 2015.


74RRI Enlistment steps
Step 1: Purchase PIN: Buy Voucher Online or from any branch of the designated banks.

Step 2: PIN Registration: Enter your Voucher Serial Number and PIN and click Next button.

Step 3: If your PIN is valid, select your preferred Application Category and create an account on the portal.

Step 4: Complete the Application form and Print a copy of your form. Note: You can log in to the portal at any time with your Serial Number and Pin. Make sure you retain your voucher.

Step 5: Visit this website from 19 Sep 2015 to confirm if you have been shortlisted for the Pre-Screening Examination.