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.

Kayode Ogunlowo     Emir Of Yashikira     Ahman Patigi     Alfa Yahaya Road     Oni Adebayo     Shagari     Sarafadeen Kayode Akorede     Muhammad Ghali Alaaya     Gbenga Adebayo     Coronavirus     Kwara Poly     Ayobami Seriki     Erin-ile     Apata Ajele Secondary School     Omoniyi     Maryam A. Garuba     Ajikobi     Olohungbebe     Yaru     Monthly Sanitation     Joseph Offorjama     Jani Ibrahim     Adewuyi Funmilayo     Ope Saraki     Nurudeen Muhammed     Abegunde Goke     Kale Ayo     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Kumbi Titiloye     Omotoso     Asa LGEA School     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Alfa Modibo Belgore     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Atiku Abubakar     Mohammed Ghali Alaaya     GRA     Ibrahim Taiwo     Opaleke Bukola Iyabo     National Party Of Nigeria     Patigi Regatta     Eghe Igbinehi     Jeunkunu-Malete-Bani     Eleja     General Tunde Idiagbon International Airport     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Moses Adekanye     Iqra Books     Jimba Babatunde     Kawu Baraje     Garba Ado Sanni     Just Law Forum     Oke-Odo     James Kolo     Kwarareports.com     Illyasu Abdullahi     Ben Duntoye     John Dara     Hassan Saliu     Alliance For Democracy     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     CKNG     QuickWin     Tosin Saraki     Bayer AG     Adam Abdullahi Al-Ilory     Kwara Volleyball Association     Kisira     Oba Of Jebba     Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Patience Jonathan     MMWG     CBT     HYPPADEC     Joana Nnazua Kolo     Al-Hikmah University    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Revenue Court     Femi Agbaje     Saheed Akinwumi     ANCOPPS     Tunji Arosanyin     Tsado Manman     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Toyin Saraki     Ballah     Adamu Jemilat-Baki     Moronfoye     EFCC     Sebastine Obasi     Ohoro Of Shao     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Shehu Salau     Shehu Alimi Foundation For Peace And Development     Oke-Odo     Abiodun Oyedepo     Raymond Olaitan     Local Government Pension Board     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Azeez Salawu     BECE     Sai Kayi     Muhammad-Mustapha Suleiman     Amoyo     Maryam A. Garuba     07039448763     Musibau Akanji     Bamidele Aluko     Jumoke Gafar     Rebecca Bake     Funmilayo Zubair     Moses Afolayan     Saliu Ajia     Abdulrosheed Okiki     Kunle Suleiman     Ajeigbe     Muyiwa Oladipo Kanu     Gbenga Olawepo     Yemi Osinbajo     Samuel Adedoyin     Jamiu Oyawoye     Societe Generale Bank Of Nigeria     Yakub Lai Gobir     11th Galadima     Igbaja     Sobi Hill     Sunday Otokiti     Iyabo Adewuyi     T And K FOODS     Oja-Oba     Idris Garba     Eruku     Olupako     Yahya Mohammed     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Tsaragi-Share     Babatunde Ajeigbe     Garba Idris Ajia     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Mumeen Lah     Hassanat Bello     Goodluck Jonathan     JSSCE     CELF     Olushola Saraki     International Vocational Centre     Yakubu Shaaba     Congress For National Consensus     Lanre Issa Onilu