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9,009 To Benefit From FG’s Post COVID-19 Grant In Rivers

Artisans and other small scale business owners in Rivers State are to benefit from operational grants from the Federal Government aimed at reducing the effect of income loss during the COVID 19 pandemic and its resultant lockdown.
The Area Manager and Director, Industrial Training Fund, Port Harcourt Area Office, Mr Idongesit Akpan, who disclosed this on Monday in a town hall meeting at its office in Port Harcourt, said 9,009 artisans were expected to benefit from the scheme in Rivers State.
Idongesit, who represented the chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Financial Fund explained that the programme was essentially to provide 333,000 artisans and transport business operators across the 36 States with a N30,000 operations grant to reduce the effect incurred during the COVID 19 pandemic and its resultant lockdown.
He explained that the aim of the scheme was to leverage duly registered and recognised associations and cluster of registered artisans and transport Organisations/ workers with the objective of having their members benefit directly from the scheme so that they can attest to its transparency and effectiveness.
The Area Manager noted that one of the core areas of concentration of the present administration has been the small scale medium enterprises ( MSNE) and artisans ecosystem with the believe that they can help the nation in terms of job creation and opportunity.
“We believe that if we as a government give skilled artisans an enabling environment for his and her skills to be harnessed,then Nigeria will be a better place.
“We therefore, urged tailors,cart pushers, barbers, plumbers, shoemakers and other trade associations to apply, process and meet the requirements which include being a member of duly registered trade association or cluster, have Bank Verification Number, own a bank account and a means of identification (ID card)”, he said.
He emphasised that the scheme and other schemes under the survival fund initiative is entirely free, stressing that the Off-Take Stimulus Scheme will also be rolled out and a number of artisans will benefit accordingly.
In his speech, the representative of the Rivers State Ministry of Employment Generation and Economic Empowerment, Mr Elemchukwu Omotu, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for approving the Nigeria Economic Sustainable Plan (NESP) to cushion the effect of COVID 19.
Omotu urged various trade associations in the state to take advantage and ownership of the scheme to benefit, adding that this is an opportunity for those who do not have bank to open one.
By: Ike Wigodo
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