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NDE Empowers 300 Physically Challenged Persons
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Nasarawa said more than 300 physically challenged persons had benefited from its N3 million Special Micro Empowerment Scheme (SMES2014) this year.
The NDE Coordinator in the state, Mr Monday Dalyop, told newsmen in Keffi Local Government Area of the state that the agency introduced the SMES2014 to reduce poverty among unemployed youths, unskilled, semi-skilled and vulnerable persons.
The coordinator said the beneficiaries of the scheme were expected to use what was given to them to fight poverty and improve their standards of living.
“The physically challenged persons have been equally and fairly selected from the state’s three senatorial districts and each person was given N10,000 cash in order to improve on the standard of their living,” Dalyop said.
Dalyop assured the citizens of the agency’s determination to initiate more positive programmes aimed at fighting poverty, unemployment and youths restiveness.
The coordinator then urged youths to embrace the agency’s skills acquisition programmes for them to become self-reliant.
Through that, he said, youths would be able to contribute their quota to national development for the benefits of all.
He commended President Goodluck Jonathan for his initiative in fighting poverty, unemployment and other negative tendencies in the country and called for its sustenance.