N-POWER:Miniater Sadiya Farouq Finally Breaks On Silence On January Stipend

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq on Friday pleaded with N-Power beneficiaries not to go on strike, promising that they will be paid “soon”, Concise News reports.

Farouq was speaking on TVC News in an interview monitored by this writer.

But reacting to the beneficiaries’ displeasure; the government official assured them that they will start to receive their allowance “soon”.

“We are going through administrative procedures. And they should please look at the benefits of this programme,” Farouq said.

“They should be appreciative of what the government has done, rather than embark on this strike that we are hearing about.”