Osinbajo Begins Disbursement Of Capital To Two Million Traders

Nigeria’s Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, has, on Thursday commenced the distribution of start-up capital for 39,000 petty traders in Abuja.

Naija News recalls that the commercial loan scheme tagged “Trader moni.” is an initiative of the Federal government out to empower over two million petty traders across the country.

With this scheme, traders all over the country can get interest free loan of between N10,000 to N15,000 from the Bank of Industry.

The interest-free loan is part of the social intervention programmes under the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration.

In the same vain, the Vice President also unveiled a a One-Stop-Shop to see to the many hindrance of growth of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in the country.

The center which is located at the headquarters of the Abuja Enterprise Agency, would provide MSMEs with support services to grow their businesses.

The VP while speaking at the event said the establishment of the centre underscored the effort of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari to creating an environment that would support the rapid growth of MSMEs in the country.

The Executive Director, MSMEs, Bank of Industry, Toyin Adeniji, said that the bank is partnering with the Federal government to empower small traders.

Adeniji said that the project which is wholly driven by the government is expected to give N10,000 grant each to the traders to boost their businesses.

She said, “We are targeting at least 39,000 beneficiaries from every state to benefit from this N10,000, but we hope to increase the amount to N15,000 soon as they pay back within six months.

“It is not a BoI project, but that of the Federal government, we are only here to supervise, after this phase, we will go ahead to ask beneficiaries to open account with the banks, get their Permanent Voter Cards before we start further disbursement.”

The Managing Director, AEA, Muhammad Tukur said that the agency has fully aligned its operations into the vision of the government in providing MSMEs with the needed support to grow.

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