Mr Afolabi Imoukhuede, the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on job creation, on Monday urged volunteer entrepreneurs to utilise the Federal Government’s Enterprise Empowerment Programme (GEEP) to boost their investments.
He gave the advice in Uyo while addressing the seven N-Health volunteers at the Akwa Ibom Veterinary Clinic.
Four of the seven volunteers at the clinic said that they invested their stipend on fish farming, dogs and goats rearing as well as poultry farming but were unable to expand their businesses due to the paucity of funds.
Imoukhuede said that the Social Investment Programmes (SIPs) of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration were particularly aimed at addressing joblessness and encouraging innovation and enterprise.
According to him, the GEEP component of the SIPs offers soft loans to farmers and other business…
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