The National Directorate of Employment (NDE) has begun the training of beneficiaries of the Federal Government’s Special Public Works on Basic Business Training (BBT) to enable them to utilise their three months stipends judiciously. The Director-General of the agency, Malam Abubakar Nuhu Fikpo, stated this at the official flag-off of a two-day workshop for the participates in Minna, the Niger State capital, adding that it was an exit strategy for the Extended Special Public Works (ESPW) beneficiaries from the 25 local government areas of the state. “Beneficiaries of the extended Public Works Programme should take this basic business training seriously because we are encouraging them to be self-employed. Fikpo thereby assured the beneficiaries that if the NDE observes that they invest their stipends very well, they can also get more funds as loans from NDE to expand their business. CLAIM 1: A Twitter user claims UNICEF said any efforts to block children from accessing pornography might infringe their human rights.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 12, 2021 18:07 UTC