Nigeria’s employment generation scheme has received a big boost after the government announced it was receiving from the World Bank a $200 million grant.Confirming the grant on Thursday, Gombe State Governor, Mr. Ibrahim Dankwambo, told journalists the grant was meant to support current schemes to boost the employment generation among young people.
Dankwanbo said the grant is also meant to uplift the quality of education and boost food production in Nigeria, adding that state governments were being encouraged to collaborate with the federal ministry of finance on how to access the facility.
According to him, another N200 billion had been set aside by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to be accessed by states in support of Micro Finance Banks in the Local Government Areas.
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