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228 Artisans in Benue get N4.5m micro-loans from NDE

 

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N4.5 million to 228 artisans and owners of small businesses under the Micro Enterprise Enhancement loan scheme in Benue State, on Thursday,

Micro loan packages of N20,000 to each of the 228 beneficiaries were disbursed to serious minded entrepreneurs said the director general of NDE, Alhaji Abubakar Fikpo.

According to Fikpo, who was represented at the ceremony by the Benue State coordinator of NDE, Emmanuel Ugela, “The ceremony we are witnessing today is a practical demonstration of the willingness of the present management of NDE in fighting unemployment in the country, and particularly in Benue State, by the empowerment of 228 youths and women under the Small Enterprises Department.”

The director general noted that the scheme was aimed at empowering graduate artisans to expand their businesses and thereby their outputs, as well as increase their wealth.

He, therefore, charged the beneficiaries to demonstrate a high sense of commitment to their micro businesses as it was a stepping stone to greater things to come.

Responding, Stanley Tersoo, who spoke for the beneficiaries, applauded the NDE as he assured that the money would be put to judicious use.

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