NDE Launches Loans and Starter Packs for 266 Kwara Residents Under National Employment Drive

Date: 2025-03-26

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) in Kwara State has distributed loans and starter packs to 266 beneficiaries as part of the Renewed Hope Employment Initiative , which has supported 5,532 people nationwide.

The presentation ceremony in Ilorin marked the resettlement of NDE-trained beneficiaries, with the agency's Director-General, Silas Agara, represented by Mrs Folarin Modupe Josephine. Speaking at the event, Agara highlighted that over the past three months, the NDE has equipped 33,692 unemployed youths, women, and persons with disabilities with vocational training to empower them as self-employed entrepreneurs and future employers of labour.

The initiative aims to reduce unemployment by providing practical skills and resources to enable beneficiaries to establish sustainable businesses. In Kwara State alone, the 266 recipients will use the support to launch ventures aligned with their newly acquired skills, contributing to local economic growth.

“The Renewed Hope Employment Initiative is designed to generate employment opportunities, support the growth of small-scale enterprises, enhance agricultural productivity, improve rural infrastructure, and provide transitional jobs. In turn, this will foster economic growth and empower our communities,” she said.

Some of the beneficiaries included participants under programmes such as the Graduate Attachment Programme, Environmental Beautification Training Scheme, Rural Employment Promotion, and Small-Scale Enterprises, among others.

In his speech at the event, the State Commissioner for Youth Development, Ambassador Shehu Ndanusa Usman, who also represented the wife of the state governor, commended the NDE for its dedication to poverty eradication and economic development.

He urged the beneficiaries to use the opportunity for good purposes and to extend the gesture by helping members of their communities.

Also, the State Coordinator of the NDE, Mr Kudabo Olufemi Gabriel, encouraged the beneficiaries to utilise the equipment provided effectively rather than selling them, stressing the importance of staying committed to the initiative's objectives.

“I strongly encourage you not to sell the equipment provided through this initiative, as doing so would be counterproductive to its intended goal,” he said.

In a separate interview, Mrs Folarin Modupe Josephine, the representative of the Director-General of the NDE, stated that the loan repayment terms had been made flexible to ensure easy repayment by the beneficiaries.

Speaking about monitoring the progress of the beneficiaries in their various vocations, she mentioned that representatives from the NDE would visit beneficiaries to ensure compliance and effectiveness.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kola Adesina     Iqra Books     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Dagbalodo     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Charcoal     Mubarak Oladosu     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Sarah Jubril     Obasanjo     Rotimi Atere     Elesie Of Esie     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Kwara United     Maryam A. Garuba     Muhammed Akanbi     Saba Jibril     George Innih     Olatinwo     Oba Abdulraheem     Apado     Oloye     Bisi Oyeleke     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Toyin Falola     Joseph Daudu     Amosa     Saad Omo Iya     Lola Olabayo     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport Ilorin     Makama     Ladi Hassan     Maigida Soludero Transit     Ali Ahmad     Arinola Lawal     Shuaib Jawondo     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     Yetunde Balogun     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Omu Aran     Igosun     Sa\'adatu Modibbo-Kawu     Ayodele Shittu     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     KWASAA     KWASIEC     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     MAI Akande     International Public Sector Accounting Standards     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Jebba     TETFUND     Seni Saraki     ASUU     Abubakar Ndakene     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Ibrahim Mohammed     Dele Belgore     Read With Me     Otuka     Aliyu Adebayo     Hijab     Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah     Sobi Hill     A.E. Afolabi     NSCIA     Sardauna     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Dan Iya Of Ilorin     James Kolo     Ben Duntoye     Earlyon Technologies     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Shonga     Olayinka Are    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

T And K FOODS     KWSIEC     Kwara TV     Buhari     Akeem Lawal     Olam Food Ingredients     Popo-Igbonna     Fatima Abolore Jimoh     Seun Bolaji     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Law School Scholarship     Alaaya     Garuba Alikinla Shittu     James Ayeni     Alagbado     Omotoso     Bankole Omisore     Chikanda     Kwara     Naira Redesign     Yashikira     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Kwara State Pension Board     Yahaya Oloriegbe     Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir     Ilorin Metro Park     Salaudeen Oyewale     Micheal Imoudu     Baboko Primary School     11th Galadima     Yahaya Abdulkareem Babaita     Zubair Folorunsho Erubu     Garba Dogo     KWASSIP     Issa Manzuma     Hassan A. Saliu     TIIDELab     Peter Amogbonjaye     Tope Daramola     Fatai Garuba Labaka     Paul Odama     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Gamji Members Association     Air Peace     Oloruntoyosi Thomas     Babajide Ajayi     CT Ayeni     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Offa Descendants Union     Abdulazeez Arowona     Kunle Okeowo     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Femi Ogunsola     Ajibola Ademola Julius     Mogaji Aare     Ethical College     Ilorin Muslim Community     Benin Republic     Abdullah Janet Amudat     Iyiola Oyedepo     Adaramaja     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Idowu Laro     NSCIA     Folorunsho Alao     FERMA     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Ayinke Saka     IHS     Ahmad Lawan     Oba Abu     Sheikh Alimi     Arca Santa     Adama Isa