THE JAMAICA Business Development Corporation (JBDC) steered 207 of 255 informal business to registration and formalisation for the period April 2022 to March 2023 alone. This saw the agency achieving one of its major quality objectives for the.
By Ihechinyere Chigemeri-Uwom
Umuahia, May 7, 2021 Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia on Friday began the distribution of business name certificates to Small and Medium-Scale Enterprises (SMEs) to boost wealth creation and development in the state.
Ikpeazu said during the ceremony, in Umuahia, that the initiative was expected to stimulate economic growth in the state and nation at large.
Naija247news reports that the event is part of the Federal Government’s Free Corporate Affairs Commission(CAC) Business Name Registration exercise.
The governor, who was represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Mr Chris Ezem, said the benefits of registering a business venture were enormous.
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It is also seeking to expand the number of those benefitting from the conditional cash transfer programme to 32 million, from the present 13 million.
NAN quoted President Muhammadu Buhari as disclosing this in a message to commemorate the workers’ day celebration on Saturday.
Buhari said the expansion of the N-Power programme would ensure job creation and poverty alleviation that would in turn cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians.
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“We also have put in place some socio-economic policies, which also include Conditional Cash Transfer for the vulnerable poor from 2.6 million households (13 million persons) to 7.6 million households (about 32 million persons),” his message read.
Nigeria plans to expand N-Power programme to one million people
Mr Buhari said that the expansion of the N-Power programme would ensure job creation and poverty alleviation. 2 min read
The federal government says it will expand the N-Power programme from the present 500,000 beneficiaries to one million.
President Muhammadu Buhari said this in a message to commemorate the 2021 Workers’ Day celebration on Saturday in Abuja.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the 2021 Workers’ Day theme is ”COVID-19, Social and Economic Crises: Challenges for Decent Work, Social Protection and Peoples Welfare”.
Mr Buhari said that the expansion of the N-Power programme would ensure job creation and poverty alleviation through programmes such as Safety Net Programmes to cushion the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.