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Mobile money agents: Minister flags- off training of 1,850 youths in Calabar
Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk on Thursday flagged off the training of 300 youths as mobile money agents for the South-South region in Calabar, the Cross River state capital.
Under this scheme, at least over 1,850 youths would be trained as mobile money agents across the country.
The ministry would train at least 300 youths from each of the six geopolitical zones of the federation as mobile money agents to tackle poverty and unemployment.
The five-day training was conducted at the Venetian Arena, Murtala Muhammad Way, in Calabar.
The “Life Skills and Entrepreneurship Development Training “ anchored by the National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP) of the ministry, was facilitated by Rotex Consulting Limited, and Shared Agent Network Expansion Facilities (SANEF).
The Minister said since the election of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015, the President has initiated so many policies and programmes targeted towards poverty alleviation, youths’ empowerment and wealth
creation.
Represented by Mr Emma Deekor, Deputy Director Finance and Account of N-SIP, Hajiya Sadiya, urged the participants to leverage on this training opportunity by using the skills to improve their economic
well being.
Sadiya said the training was in line with President Buhari’s avowed commitment to lift 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years.
Buhari, in his independence anniversary national broadcast, said he “remains confident that our goal of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in 10 years is achievable.”
He said “considering the positive impact of our Social Investment Programme,” he approved an increase in the number of N-Power programme beneficiaries from 500,000 to one million.
The participants were selected from the six States of Rivers, Cross River, Delta, Bayelsa, Edo and Akwa Ibom, making up the South-South geopolitical zone.
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