The affected trainees, under the banner of “Concerned TVET Trainees,” raised the alarm in a statement made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
Thousands of Nigerian youths enrolled in the Nigerian government’s Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme have accused the President Bola Tinubu-led government of abandoning them after failing to pay their promised monthly stipends for five months.
The affected trainees, under the banner of “Concerned TVET Trainees,” raised the alarm in a statement made available to SaharaReporters on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
The affected trainees described the situation as a betrayal of trust and a major setback to young Nigerians struggling to acquire vocational skills.
According to the trainees, the programme was introduced by the Nigerian government as a youth empowerment initiative designed to equip participants with vocational skills while providing a monthly stipend of N22,500 to support their transportation, feeding and other training-related expenses.
