FG Finally Agrees To Pay N5,000 to unemployed youths

This would be cheering news to unemployed Nigerians as
the federal government has concluded plans to commence
payment of N5, 000 stipends.
The government explained that the initial delayed in the
commencement of the payment was because it was not
captured in the 2015 budget promising that it will be
included in the 2016 budget.
This disclosure was made by the minister of youth and
sports, Barr. Solomon Darlong when he visited the
national secretariat of the ruling All Progressives Congress
in Abuja, The Nation reports.
Darlong noted that arrangement for the payment will take
effect from 2016.
He told newsmen that the President Muhammadu Buhari
administration will fulfill every of his campaign promises
including payment of N5, 000 stipends to unemployed
Nigerians.
The minister said: “ I want the youths to understand that
every promise must be backed up by budgetary provision
and our promise to pay N5,000 is not contained in the
2015 budget. So, definitely, it is going to begin in 2016 as
we have made budgetary allocations for that.
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“We are committed to the campaign promises of creating
jobs, providing wealth creation and combat poverty. We
have embedded in our manifesto things that we are
translating to reality.
“Some of the youth empowerment programmes that are
ongoing, we are busy reviewing them to ensure that they
are more viable and people oriented. We are also looking
at the possibility of realigning some of them to our vision
so that in the final analysis, it will add value to the
people .”
Meanwhile, Senator Ben Murray Bruce representing
Bayelsa state at the National Assembly had reportedly
explained to Buhari how he can effectively pay the N5,000
he promised to pay unemployed Nigerians .