President Muhammad Buhari has said that the federal government has in the last three years employed over 8.75 million Nigerians under its various empowerment scheme.
He said seven million Nigerians were engaged under the N-Power scheme, which represented 70 per cent of the targeted beneficiaries, while 1.75 million others were recruited under the National Safety Net Programme for the poor and the vulnerable.
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