Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has announced that beneficiaries nationwide will receive a one-time grant of N30,000 with Lagos, Kano, State and Federal Capital Territory, FCT and nine more States in the first batch.<\/p>\n
He said that enumeration and verification are still ongoing for Payroll Support Scheme<\/p>\n
The VP said that free CAC Business Names\u2019 Registration for 250,000 MSMEs has also commenced.<\/p>\n
He said that as the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan progresses, the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 330,000 artisans across the country is now in progress.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe payments are being made to sets of verified beneficiaries of the Artisan Support Scheme, a track under the MSMEs Survival Fund,\u201d Osinbajo said in a statement made available to DAILY POST by Laolu Akande, his Spokesman.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the first stream of payments starting today, beneficiaries are being drawn from the FCT, Lagos, Ondo, Kaduna, Borno, Kano, Bauchi, Anambra, Abia, Rivers, Plateau and Delta States. They form the first batch of applications for the scheme submitted between October 1 and October 10,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The MSMEs Survival Fund scheme is a component of the Nigerian Economic Sustainability Plan, NESP, which was developed by an Economic Sustainability Committee established by President Muhammadu Buhari in March 2020.<\/p>\n
The President asked Osinbajo to head the committee which produced and is overseeing the implementation of the plan.<\/p>\n
Under the ESP, the Survival Fund is generally designed to, among other things; support vulnerable MSMEs in meeting their different obligations and safeguard jobs in the sector.<\/p>\n
It would be recalled that applications for the Artisans\u2019 Support Scheme under the MSMEs Survival Fund opened on October 1.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the enumeration for the second stream of States under the Artisan Support Scheme has also commenced with enumerators in various States compiling the lists of artisans through their association leaders. All artisans are expected to liaise with their association leaders to document their details.<\/p>\n
The registration of applicants for Stream 2 began on the 19th October 2020. States under Stream 2 are: Edo, Ogun, Ekiti, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Enugu, Ebonyi, Adamawa, Taraba, Bayelsa<\/p>\n
In the same vein, enumeration and verification of the documents of applicants under the Survival Fund Payroll Support scheme is still ongoing. Dates for the commencement of payment would be announced in due course.<\/p>\n
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