NDE Empowers 22 Youths With N2.2 million
In a bid to combat mass unemployment in the country, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Osun State has empowered no fewer than twenty-two youths in the state with N2.2milion through its Agric programmes to enhance food security and boost the economy of the nation.
The empowerment programme anchored by the Rural Employment Promotion Department of Osun NDE made provision for orientation/disbursement of Agricultural Enhancement Scheme (AES) through which each beneficiary was #100,000 as a starter pack.
Mallam Nuhu Abubakar Fikpo, the DG NDE, in his keynote message delivered by Mr Fakunle Julius, Osun State coordinator (SC) on Wednesday in Osogbo made it clear that the disbursement was a budget for Agricultural Enhancement scheme (AES) for NDE trained youths and women in the state.
Fikpo stated that the major aim of the program is to boost productivity, generate employment generation for youths, capacity building and as a multiplier effect on Employment in fulfilment of the Directorate mandate.
He further said the agricultural sector being the basket food of every given economy and as a feedback to the industrial sector is highly loaded with vital variables to bring notable positive change effect through job generation and job creation.
The Director General noted that the need to promote the sector informed the One-day workshop after disbursement of the soft loan repayable with interest rate of 9% within a period of 3years with moratorium of 6 months grace were made.
In her goodwill message, Mrs Beautrice Oruoyehu, representative of the Director REP dept NDE HQ, admonished the beneficiaries to make judicious use of the loan since and ensure repayable in due course.
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