President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the increase of N-Power beneficiaries by one million, just as he also approved the expansion of the Government Enterprise and Empowerment Program, GEEP.
Disclosing this via his verified Twitter handle, the President said the move was aimed at fulfilling his promise of lifting 100million Nigerians out of poverty.
According to him, five million pupils will be added into the National Home-Grown School Feeding Program, NHGSFP.
He said: “We remain committed to the plan to lift 100m Nigerians out of poverty. To this end I have approved an increase in scope of our Social Investment Programme: Doubling of @npower_ng beneficiaries to 1 million; 1 million new @geep_ng beneficiaries & 5 million new pupils for @NHGSFP.”