Kwara lifts businesses looted in #ENDSARS protest
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Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday presented cheques of varying amounts of (non-refundable) grants to 48 businesses whose shops were looted during the October ENDSARS protest in Ilorin, the state capital.
The government had in November engaged an independent insurance adjuster and empanelled an 11-person committee, including civic groups and representative of the business owners, to fact-check claims submitted by 342 businesses who filled an online form to benefit from a N500m SME Recovery Fund establish to support the victims.
Of the 342 firms who registered, only 64 turned up for verification out of whom the committee established 48 for compensation while 8 injured vigilantes manning the looted Cargo Terminal were also captured for some support.
Kwara issues N180.7m to 48 businesses looted during #EndSARS protest
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By Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday presented cheques of varying amounts totalling N180.7m to forty-eight (48) businesses whose shops were looted following the October #ENDSARS protest in Ilorin, the state capital.
This disclosure was contained in a press statement issued by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary Rafiu Ajakaye.
The government had in November engaged an independent insurance adjuster and set-up an 11-person committee, including civic groups and representative of the business owners, to fact-check claims submitted by 342 businesses who filled an online form to benefit from a N500m SME Recovery Fund established to support the victims.