BY KELVIN DANLADI ISA 

The Nigeria president Muhammadu Buhari have begin the giving out of the N30,000 for 330,000 youths across the country. According to Daily Post, vice president Professor Yemi Osinbajo has announced that beneficiaries nationwide will recieve a one time grant of N30,000 with Lagos, kano, and the Federal Capital territory, FCT and nine more states in the first batch. 

He said that enumeration and verification are still ongoing for payroll support scheme. 

The vice president said that free CAC Business names registration for 250,000 MSMEs has also commenced. 

He said that as the implementation of the economic sustainability plan progresses, the payment of N30,000 one time grant to 330,000 artisans across the country is now in progress. 

The payments are being made to sets of verified beneficiaries of the Artisan support scheme, a track under the MSMEs survival fund, Osinbajo said in a statement made available to Daily Post by Laolu Akande, his spokesman. 

In the first stream of payments starting today, beneficiaries are being drawn from the FCT, Lagos, Ondo, Kaduna, Borno, Kano, Bauchi, Anambra, Abia, Rivers, Plateau and Delta states. They form the first batch of applications for the scheme submitted between October 1 and October 10", he added. 

The MSMEs survival fund scheme is a component of the Nigerian economic sustainability plan, NESP, which was developed by an economic sustainability committee established by President Muhammadu Buhari in march 2020.

The president asked Osinbajo to head the committee which produced and is overseeing the implementation of the plan. 

Under the ESP, the survival fund is generally designed to, among other things ;support vulnerable MSMEs in meeting their different obligations and safeguard jobs in the sector. 

The registration of applicants for Stream 2 began on the 19th October 2020. States under Stream 2 are: Edo, Ogun, Ekiti, Katsina, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Enugu, Ebonyi, Adamawa, Taraba, Bayelsa

The application process for the payroll support scheme, which began on September 21, had ended on the 15th of October 2020. Accepted applications are categorized by industry sectors, including Education and Hospitality, among other sectors.

However, there may be an extension for applications for some States that have not met their quota on beneficiaries. The Artisan Support Scheme is to benefit about 9,000 Nigerians per State and FCT.

According to TRIBUNE report the Federal Government has declared Thursday, October 29, 2020, as public holiday to mark this year’s Eidul-Mawlid celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Holy Prophet Muhammad.

He admonished Muslims to follow the teaching of the Holy Quran in Chapter 4 Verse 59 which says: “O you who believe! Obey God and obey the Messenger, and those from among you who are vested with authority; and if you are to dispute among yourselves about anything, refer it to God and the Messenger if indeed you believe in God and the Last Day. This is the best (for you), and fairest in the end.”

Aregbesola further called on Nigerians, particularly Muslims, at this moment, to abhor violence, lawlessness, wantonness and daylight robbery as witnessed across the country most recently, stressing that Nigeria is the pride of the black race and should provide responsible leadership for the greatness and development of the African continent and all black people.

“For it is with more democracy that we can overcome our challenges, noting that the challenges of nationhood that we face are surmountable if we work through the democratic process,” he said while all Muslims a happy Eidul- Mawlid Celebration and all Nigerians a Happy Holiday.