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Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) Project has created 12,350 jobs across all its activities
By Itohan Abara-Laserian
Lagos, Jan. 21, 2021 The Lagos State Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Improvement Support (APPEALS) project says it will establish 1,465 businesses for women, youths, among others in 2021.
Mrs Oluranti Sagoe-Oviebo, the State Project Coordinator (SPC), made this known at a presentation of the APPEALS Project Major Achievements in 2020 on Thursday in Lagos.
APPEALS is a World Bank, Federal Government and Lagos State tripartite partnership for small scale farmers to access grants in form of inputs in three value chains (rice, poultry and aquaculture).
Sagoe-Oviebo said that the businesses would be established for the Women and Youth Empowerment Programme (WYEP) and the People with Disabilities and Special Needs (PWDSN) across the state.