VOL.9: 2017 Application Process | Transcribed Facebook Live Chat with Afolabi Imoukhuede
We’ve segmented the Facebook Live Chat into two parts;
First, issues bothering on 2016 First Batch of Applicants; Second, 2017 Second Batch of Applicants.
While the first part has seven volumes, part two has just two: What Next After N-Power Test?
This is the 9th series of the live chat: N-Power 2017 Application Process Other Transcribed Live Chat With Mr. Afolabi Imoukhuede are:
- Vol. 8: What Next After N-Power 2017 Test?
- Vol. 7: How to Resign From N-Power Scheme
- Vol. 6: List Of Device Collection Points in Circulation
- Vol.5: Npower 2016 Waiting List and Deployment
- Vol.4: Device Selection for Batch A and Batch of Volunteers
- Vol. 3: Backlog Payment and Top Reasons Why You've Not Been Paid
- Vol. 2: Number of Volunteers in N-Power Payment Environment
- Vol. 1: Kick-off Date for N-Power Build and other Non-graduates programmes
I think the live feeds I’m seeing here are questions regarding 2017 applications, I would deal with that now.
So 2017 , my fellow brothers and sisters , yes, June 13 was the date in 2017, when we said countdown to Npower going live , we went live and in less than maybe 28hrs, Npower 2017 application process will become history.
It’s been a good work ,the last one month and I want to thank every one of you that has commended our efforts , the technical team has worked very hard, night and day to ensure you have what you call hassle free application process.
I’m glad that a lot of you were able to , a lot of you had a seamless experience with our application process this time around , I think we have our technical team and all our stakeholders to thank for that.
But basically, Let me walk us through the process.
The application is just your first step, and this time around is also very competitive, my last count last night I think we have 2.2million applications at the moment , we wonder at what number we are going to close.
But, be that as it may , there is a journey in the process, first is the application which you’ve done and the next is your BVN validation , for the very reason why a lot of you from 2016 have complained:
“I’ve not been paid” is the reason why we are going to ensure this time around that we do the Bvn Validation even before you continue your N-Power journey .
We want to ensure that everyone that finally gets into the next phase of selection are those who already have matching records so that those who eventually get pre-selected and they go through physical verification and end up being final selected volunteers would have no payment issue from day one.
How wonderful will that be? I mean my goal is to ensure that your friends , the 130,814 of you who have enjoyed unbroken payment history and experience with N-Power, that is the experience of every single one of you in the 2017 batch .
BVN Validation
That’s really what we want, that’s the N-Power experience , and so the next step is going to be BVN validation once your details are valid , you would then get an SMS and an invitation to go and write your test.
Now let me say that yes we did put out a test guide , please don’t hold us to that test guide anymore for now ,we are focused on scaling up our BVN validation because the applications that have come in are huge , significantly huge numbers compared to what we had last year.
So we decided to focus our effort on scaling up the BVN Validation such that whence we commence the testing process again it would now be without a break.
So therefore , the point is yes, some of us are still writing tests, we did not stop the test entirely ,but we slowed down on the guide so it’s right to say that the guide is somewhat stepped down, but from Monday expect a revised guide, as we would be ramping up on the speed for the tests.
How do I know if I’m among the people that failed validation
Now, ”How do I know if I’m among the people that failed validation” , you will also get a text message.
So what it means therefore is from stage 1 is application process which a lot of you have done to stage 3 which is testing process ,the stage 2 there , you would get an SMS.
The proof of stage 2 which is BVN Validation is an SMS , you either get an SMS to say “Congratulations , go and write your test….” Or “Congratulations, we wish you success in your future endeavor because your application journey has been terminated here due to non matching records “
SMS Notification For Assessment
So what is important is this , You would get a text message or an SMS message inviting you to go and write your test . If you have not gotten that SMS message, you know the message you’re going to get ?you would get an invalid error message .
So if you didn’t get an SMS Message and you go on to the portal and attempt to want to write your test ,what you would get will be invalid message , so I’ve seen a lot of feeds that are talking about “oh I went to write the test, I got an invalid
