Godwin Obaseki Rewards Angelina Asein With N100,000

Mrs Angelina Asein, a volunteer in the N-Power programme in Edo, has been rewarded with N100,000.

She was rewarded by Gov. Godwin Obaseki for acknowledging that the programme had brought out her hidden teaching skills.

Asein equally said that she was now resolved to be a professional teacher.

The gift was announced at Urhokpota Hall, in Benin City, during an interactive session between representatives of the 4,702 volunteers in Edo and the scheme’s monitoring and evaluation team.

Obaseki, represented by his Chief of Staff, Mr Taiwo Akerele, also announced that the government would employ volunteers who performed very well within the two-year programme.

Asein, a 2012 graduate of International Studies of the University of Benin, had appeared alongside Mr Clement Ojuomajie, a computer scientist, to testify that the scheme had transformed their lives in just six months.

The governor noted that the scheme was not about the stipend attached to it but the ability of the volunteers to make maximum use of the opportunity to develop new skills and improve their livelihood and their communities.

“We are going to determine those who have gone the extra mile to bring them into the civil service to fill vacancies created by retirees,’’ Obaseki said.

The governor said that the reason for his participation in the interactive session was to encourage participants to be focused and ensure that they applied themselves well into the scheme.

According to him the success of the first batch of Edo volunteers will determine the consideration for the placement of their colleagues in the next batch.

He asked them to be true ambassadors of the state and assured that the administration would offer every investment to ensure the success of the scheme in the state.

The Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Job Creation, Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, said that the N-Power programme was a fulfilment of the campaign promises made by President Muhammadu Buhari and Acting President Yemi Osinbajo.

“This is a lifeline extended to you by the President,’’ he said, adding that 200,000 beneficiaries were already in the graduate scheme while non-graduates would be deployed nationwide in July/August.