Empowerment: FG disburses N3m to 300 women to boost SMEs in Oyo

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By Adeola Badru

THE National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed N3million to 300 women in Oyo State to boost their businesses.

The Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Sunday Dare, who hailed from Oyo State, facilitated the disbursement to the 300 women in the state.

The disbursement to beneficiaries from Oyo Central and Oyo South Senatorial districts was done at the Liberty Stadium, Ibadan, on July 16 while those from Oyo North Senatorial district received theirs in Ogbomosho, on Tuesday, July 21.

Making the disbursement in Ibadan and Ogbomosho, in line with the COVID-19 guidelines, Mrs Olayinka Olayemi, Oyo State Coordinator, NDE, said the programme was under NDE’s Micro Enterprises Enhancement Scheme (MEES).

Olayemi said the empowerment was part of the Federal Government’s laudable programme across the country “being implemented by the NDE under the leadership of Dr Nasiru Ladan Argungu.”

She explained that the empowerment programme was designed to help the…



Source: Vanguard Newspaper