NDE provides N10,000 loan to 230 vulnerable people in Kaduna

The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has disbursed a ‎soft loan to 230 women and youths in Kaduna State.

The loan is under the Micro Enterprises Enhancement Skills programme of the directorate.

Kaduna State NDE Coordinator Sani Maiwada said the programme was in collaboration with the APC youth leader in the state.

He said each of the beneficiaries will be given N10,000 to start a small business.

“The youth leader assisted in selecting 10 beneficiaries  per local government across the 23 local government areas of the state. So we have 230 beneficiaries and each will be given N10,000 soft loan,” he said.

In his remarks, the APC youth leader, Comrade Saminu Adamu Ikara, commended the NDE Director General, Nasiru Ladan Argungu, for the support and collaboration.

He urged all the beneficiaries to make good use of the loan so as to better their lives, adding that the COVID-19 lockdown has affected many people.

Two of the beneficiaries, Catherine Clement and Mud‎assir Salisu, in an interview thanked the NDE and APC youth leader for assisting them with the loan to revise their businesses.