The Director-General National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, has directed the directorate to give out the sum of N4.2m as a loan to 168 small scale business owners in Bauchi State.

State Coordinator of NDE, Lawan Aliyu Yaya, who disclosed this on Friday in Bauchi, said the soft loan was to assist small scale business owners to boost their enterprises.

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Yaya also disclosed that the directorate is embarking on a sensitization programme for 50 graduates on how to run and mitigate some risks in their businesses.