NDE Resettles 283 Beneficiaries With Loans In Kebbi
From Ayodele Ajoge, Birnin-Kebbi
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is to provide loans for resettlement under the renew hope agenda of the Federal Government to no fewer than 283 beneficiaries across Kebbi State to start their businesses.
This was disclosed by the Director General of NDE, Mr. Silas Alli Agara while flagging off the resettlement programme for NDE-trained beneficiaries under the Renewed Hope Agenda Initiative in Birnin-Kebbi Tuesday.
The Director General represented by Mr. Emmanuel Asuquo from the Directorate Headquarters Abuja stated that 283 beneficiaries would specifically be resettled in Kebbi State as part of this initiative.
According to him, the Renewed Hope Agenda is aimed to create diverse employment opportunities, support the establishment of small-scale enterprises, promote agricultural productivity, improve rural infrastructure, and provide temporary jobs that could ultimately boost economic growth and empower communities.
He said In the past three months, the NDE has successfully trained 33,692 unemployed Nigerian youths, women, and persons living with disabilities in various vocational skills, entrepreneurship, business management, agricultural skills, and public works training across all 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.
In his remarks, NDE State Coordinator Mr. Ambianto Amos Francis encouraged the beneficiaries to wisely utilize the loans to build a prosperous future for themselves.
He emphasized that the Renewed Hope Agenda Initiative is aimed to reduce the unemployment rate among Nigerian youths throughout the country.
The Kebbi State Commissioner for Youth and Sports, Nura Bala Fingila, and the royal father of the day, Alh. Idris Umar Magajin Bunga, expressed their gratitude to the NDE for its training programmes and loan provisions for successful beneficiaries.
Some of the beneficiaries expressed their appreciation for the opportunities giving to them by the Directorate, beneficiaries include youth, women, and persons living with disabilities.
