The Treasure House Blog

Congratulations to all the 2017 Applicants! I mean; what a wait! It was almost like forever. But then the N-power has announced through its social media channels that names will be released by close to midnight on Monday, 20th and N-power applicants will be able to check on the N-power website if they have been successful in the pre-selection.  Remember this will not be the final list as there will be physical verifications at your local governments for all the items necessary for enrolment in the N-power programme.  Remember the whole journey? Online application, BVN Validation, Assessment test and all that and now by Monday, pre-selection would be completed. But then a lot of people are asking how they would check their names.  Well after uploading the list on the internet, and test running it, the N-power will be able to let us know how applicants will log in to check their names. But it surely will have to be a combination of any two of the following in...

N-build N-Build is an accelerated training and certification (Skills to Job) programme that will engage and train 75,000 young unemployed Nigerians in order to build a new crop of skilled and highly competent workforce of technicians, artisans and service professionals. The seven components of the N-build include; Automobile Carpentry and Joinery Electrical Installation Masonry Painting and Decoration Plumbing and Pipefitting Welding and Fabrication Selection Criteria Before you will be verified for selection, you must be; Currently Unemployed No degree or diploma Selection preferences Aged between 18-35 Interest in fixing, building and creating things For Pre-selection screening, Pre-selected applicants are to present the following; ID Card- Acceptable National Identity that shows your name, Birth Certificate- Documents that corroborates your age, Proof of address of residence. Verified applicants will be enrolled in the programme that will last for 12 m...

I have received lots of inquiries from applicants especially since the successful ones were shortlisted. Participants keep asking, ‘will YouWiN give money?’ ‘How much is YouWiN going to give us?’ ‘…I cannot see anywhere they have mentioned how much they are giving in this YouWiN.’ And a whole lot of similar questions. These are real concerns and they appear to be true. All the communication from YouWiN so far has not mentioned any monetary benefit, and that is deliberate from them. YouWiN was established to encourage the springing up of new businesses. Under the previous administration, YouWiN provided business training and skills development for 6000 semifinalists, after which they are required to submit business plans and submit other some specified documents like land titles. About 1200 selected from all the geopolitical zones are then shortlisted as finalist and winners and given between N1million to N10 million depending on their business needs. However, one of the bigg...

Opportunities are missed by many because they are dressed as work. This is a popular saying and nothing makes this truer than the opportunities I see available through the N-power programme. And that is the reason I have taken the pains to put together this E-book. I consider this a must-have handbook for every N-power volunteer who wishes to get the best out of the programme. Five important ideas where unraveled in this e-book; How to make the best use of the specialized technical training from the programme  How to put the N-power devices to the best personal use, Strategies to adopt, to make the best of the place of primary assignment (PPA) to enhance career growth, How to leverage the monthly stipend to lay a solid financial foundation through prudent savings and wise investments And finally how to get the best from a potential network of this 500,000 young Nigerians. I have no doubts that you will find this book very captivating and interesting and I hop...

CBN Governor, Godwin Emiefele The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, on Friday explained how President Muhammadu Buhari’s promise to provide 360,000 jobs for youths nationwide, will be actualized. Emefiele told stakeholders at a meeting on the operational framework for the Accelerated Agricultural Development Scheme (AADS), under which the jobs will be created that the scheme was targeted primarily at unemployed youths between the a ges of 18 and 35. The CBN governor said through the scheme, a minimum of 10,000 youths in each state, willing to engage in sustainable and profitable activities along the agriculture value chain, would be employed and trained. “I believe we are on the verge of something very significant with the AADS. “This scheme has been designed to create an ecosystem with the active participation of the public sector, state governments, and the private sector,’’ he said. Emefiele said the objectives of AADS included the creation...