No fewer than 500 commercial transport operators in Ogun State have undergone data capturing to enable them benefit from the federal government’s COVID-19 survival fund with the beneficiaries getting N30,000 each under the scheme tagged: “Transport Track”.
The exercise was conducted by the Road Transport Employers of Nigeria (RTEAN), Ogun State chapter, at the association’s secretariat in Abeokuta.
The federal government had announced an intervention grant for micro transport operators under its Survival Fund for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speaking to journalists while monitoring the exercise, the Secretary of RTEAN in the state, Akingbade Tiwalade, commended the federal government for the initiative, saying the grant would go a long way in cushioning the effects of the COVID-19 on his members.
