How To Check NEXIT Shortlisting and Training Eligibility Status With *45665# NSIP USSD Code.
After
18 months of waiting, exited N-Power beneficiaries of batch A and B can now
check their NEXIT eligibility status to know if they are have been shortlisted
for the training.
UPDATE: The
NEXIT training will commence on Monday, March 14, 2022, according to Nneka
Ikem, Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the Minister of Humanitarian
Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Already NEXIT list for FCT and
other states are out and candidates can now check the date and venue of their
training.
How
To Check NEXIT Training Status
To
check if you’ve been shortlisted for the training, dial the NEXIT dedicated
USSD code *45665# (NSIP information service) on or before Friday, February 4,
2022. The statement also said you must “indicate your availability to take part
in the programme.”
You
can check the NEXIT
training centres and list of shortlisted applicants in all the 36
states in one of our articles
Sample
of message you’re most likely going to get:
“Dear
Jaja Naanaa (Oyo) you have been shortlisted for NEXIT Batch 1 training in
February. Please confirm your availability for the training”.
Press
Confirm
“Dear
Jana Naanaa, you have successfully confirmed your availability in February”.
If
you are not shortlisted and your record is in the NSIP database, the message
you’d get is:
“You
have not been shortlisted for the NEXIT batch 1. Please try later”
What is NEXIT?
NEXIT
means N-Power Exited beneficiaries which were put in place by the Federal
Government to enrol Batch A (200,000) and B (300,000) in other available
government programmes after their 2-year duration elapsed.
The
scheme was organised by the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster
Management and Social Development in partnership with the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN) to enable them to benefit from the CBN empowerment options.
The
pioneer beneficiaries of the programme spend three years while batch B who were
enrolled in 2017 were exited in May 2020.
Delayed Promise
The
government had made several promises after exiting the former beneficiaries
that they would not go back to the street and launched a portal for the 500,000
exited beneficiaries to apply for their exit packages.
In
September 2021, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Farouq, the minister managing the N-Power
Programme, the largest youth empowerment scheme in Nigeria, had promised
that training would
commence for the exited beneficiaries by October 2021 and a business
module would be made available for them.
During
the launch of the NEXIT portal, the minister said, those who concluded the
2-year job programme would be able to access permanent job opportunities or
business prospects “in line with the N-power exit strategy now activated by the
Buhari administration.”
How *45665# NSIP USSD
Code Works For Technical Support
In
August 2021, the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and
Social Development during the official onboarding process of batch c stream 1
had announced that NSIP secured the USSD code for the beneficiaries for
technical support.
Sadiya
Farouq stated that beneficiaries who have issues can dial a secured N-Power
USSD code *45665# to get technical support. It is also used for
checking NEXIT training eligibility status.
She
said the shortcode is to ensure that the challenges of communication are
addressed as it relates to limitations on information flow and internet access
across the country.
How does the NSIP code work?
InfomediaNG,
put the code to test and we discovered that it’s a communication code secured
through the Nigerian Communication Communication (NCC) in conjunction with
major mobile network providers.
If
you dial the code, you’d get a popup message “welcome to NSIP service. Select
the programme from the list below”
The
code supports the following subsidiaries of the National Social Investments
Programme:
N-Power
GEEP
HGSFP
S4J
N-Power
is designed to reduce the rate of unemployment among Nigerian youths, it
started in 2016, and the enrolment process of the batch C is ongoing.
Beneficiaries would be paid N30,000 as monthly stipends.
For
the batch c stream 1 to use the *45665# code, select “1” where you
would be required to enter your Bank Verification Number (BVN)
Select
your selection status
GEEP
GEEP
means Government Enterprise and Empowerment Programme. It’s a micro-lending
intervention for artisans, enterprising youth, traders, farmers and market
women by making available for them interest-free loans between 10,000 and
100,000.
HGSFP
HGSFP
means Home Grown School Feeding Programme (HGSF). It targets primary school
pupils for free and balanced feeding in order to increase school enrollment.
S4J
S4J
means Skills For Job. It is aimed at increasing the level of skill acquisitions
among Nigerian youth so as to reduce unemployment.
All
the aforementioned programmes can be accessed using the NSIP USSD code
FAQs:
What Would NEXIT Beneficiaries Be
Doing?
Some
people were curious if it’s time for them to fill some of the vacancies at the
NNPC, juicy ministries and agencies in Abuja.
But
the minister said some of them would be trained as agents for CBN’s baby pet
financial inclusion project called Shared Agent Network Expansion Facility
(SANEF).
“200,000
will serve as SANEF agents over 30,000 have already been engaged as geospatial
experts and enumerators in the Economic Sustainability Plan’s Mass Agric
programme, while several others will have the option of benefiting from the
GEEP micro-enterprise loans,” she said.
What’s the process of checking
NEXIT Training Eligibility Status?
First,
check your status if you are eligible or not. If you’re eligible, you will get
another SMS and press confirm.
I’m told I have not been
shortlisted, what do I do?
The
training scheduled for February 2022 is the first batch, the procedure for the
second batch will be announced by the ministry.
SP service isn’t working, what is
the problem?
You
may get this error if you’re forcibly exited before the enrolment for the NEXIT
programme or check back, it could be a network problem.
Is NEXIT USSD free to use?
No,
the ministry charges NGN30 per check. If you checked twice, you’d be charged
NGN60.
I
was shortlisted but didn’t get a confirmation message, what should I do?
You’re
to get a confirmation message after indicating availability. If you didn’t get
it, dial the USSD code again, indicate availability and wait to receive the
confirmation and press confirm.
You’ll be charged NGN60 for the service.
I have lost the phone number I used
for N-Power registration, what can I do?
There
are two options to check your NEXIT Training Eligibility Status:
1) Phone number
2) Bank Verification Number
If
you’ve lost the phone number recognised by the N-Power, you can use your BVN
since BVN is linked with every new SIM card.
What I got is “error completing
your request”, what should I do?
It
could be a network problem. Reboot your phone. Alternatively, deactivate Do Not Disturb (DND)
on your line and dial the NEXIT ussd code again. That should resolve the
problem.
When is NPower nexit training date?
The
management is yet to fix a specific date for the training. The statement only
says, “1st batch of NEXIT Training will commence in February 2022”. It may
start any time.
How can I download nexit training
list?
There
is no training list anywhere. The only means to check your eligibility is by
dialling the *45665#. Although, hundreds of exited beneficiaries said it would
have been better to have a dedicated portal for beneficiaries in each state to
check if they are shortlisted.
They
believe that the NSIP USSD code is another exploitative way by the ministry.
Using the USSD code isn’t free.
What Lies Ahead
2022
has been described by political analysts as a campaign year ahead of the 2023
general elections, as such, it’s expected that government will roll out a lot
of enticing programmes or bring back to life the long-forgotten promises made
before the end of 2022.
Whether
it’s a campaign for votes or not, it’s important to dial *45665# on your phone
to check your NEXIT Training Eligibility Status.
You may also get an error message like, “Your N-Power record not found.” We’ve also seen beneficiaries who got different messages after using the NSIP information service.
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