See How Many Applicants Besieged FG Job Portal in Just 36 Hours of Opening

N-Power initiative of the Federal Government aimed at creating jobs for the youth. (N-Power)

The Federal Government’s job portal N-Power, which was recently launched on June 12, 2016, has recorded 400,000 registrations in 36 hours.

According to Channels TV, the Senior Special Assistant to President Buhari on Job Creation, Mr Afolabi Imoukhede said“We have been very impressed by the enthusiastic response to the call for applications. As at noon on Monday June 13, only 36 hours after the launch of the portal, 403, 528 applicants had successfully registered on the site and were in the middle of completing the application process.”

He also said “We are also very pleased that the registrations have been taking place without any hitches or system failures, considering the volume of response.

“All together the website has received over 35 million hits since Saturday midnight.”

The Federal Government said its aim is to employ 500,000 teachers.

N-Power is aimed at preparing young Nigerians for a knowledge economy where, equipped with world-class skills and certification, they become innovators and movers in the domestic and global markets.

It is segmented as follows: N-Power Teachers Corps- 500,000 graduates, N-Power Knowledge – 25,000 non-graduates and N-Power Build- 75,000 non-graduates.

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