Boko Haram: 500 Women gets N50,000 each to support their Businesses in Yobe

Boko Haram: 500 Women gets N50,000 each to support their Businesses in Yobe

By: Yahaya Wakili, Damaturu

The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) under the auspices of Export Expansion Facility Programme (EEFP) through Elegance Constructed Ltd supported five hundred vulnerable women with #50,000 each as business capital in Yobe state.

The Coordinator of the programme, Mallam Shettima Bukar said the support is an initiative of President Muhammadu Buhari and Governor Mai Mala Buni to cushion the hardship faced by small business holders as a result of insurgency in the state.

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He said, the programme which is facilitated by the Export Promotion Council in Collaboration with Elegance Construction LTD aimed at reviving the businesses of women affected by the crisis.

“Crisis of Boko Haram and Covid-19 pandemic have crippled businesses in the region and the most vulnerable people in these situations are women.” Shettima said.

He revealed that the beneficiaries were drawn from all the 17 local government areas of the state, adding that the cash assistance is not a loan rather a support for business.

Some of the beneficiaries appreciated the gesture and assured to use the money for the purpose intended.

Boko Haram: 500 Women gets N50,000 each to support their Businesses in Yobe