FG restates commitment to lift citizens out of poverty

The Buhari administration is committed to lifting more Nigerians, especially Ekiti residents, out of poverty and unemployment this year, an executive of a federal small business development agency in Ekiti, Tomi Ikuomola said on Monday.
Mr. Ikuomola, gave the assurance at the closing of the agency’s training for entrepreneurs.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the entrepreneurship development training was tagged, “Dentification of Business Opportunities’’.
Mr. Ikuomola said the training was aimed at sensitising Nigerians, especially Ekiti residents on business opportunities in order to lift them out of poverty and unemployment.
“This training is aimed at opening the eyes of entrepreneurs to business opportunities.
“It is also a prerequisite to accessing the NIRSAL loans in order to expand businesses.
“The federal government is committed to moving thousands of Ekiti residents out of poverty and unemployment in 2021.
“I therefore urged you all to take this training seriously, because it will assist in boosting your businesses,’’ Mr. Ikuomola said.
The SMEDAN boss admonished the participants to develop multifaceted businesses ideas.
Some participants at the training, Ade Oluwole and Omolara Ajayi, told NAN that the training had offered them an opportunity to learn a lot.
Thanking the government for the training, the participants said that it had exposed them to many opportunities that could make them employers of labour.
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