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Construction workers are seen in front of a building under construction in Lagos, Nigeria, 05 August 2020. Lagos is a city of twenty-one million people, where affordable housing is a considerable challenge - from the pricey neighbourhoods often reserved for the rich to the informal poor settlements opened to flooding and structural collapse during raining seasons.
Construction workers in Lagos, Nigeria - 05 Aug 2020
The Presidency says the N200 billion facility earmarked for the Federal Governmentâs Social Housing Scheme was ready to commence disbursement for the project. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement.
Deji Elumoye in Abuja
Vice President Yemi Osibajo, Sunday said over one million Nigerians had so far benefitted from the Survival Fund scheme under the President Muhammadu Buhari administration’s Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP).
He gave the breakdown of the beneficiaries to include 500,000 Nigerian beneficiaries from the MSMEs Payroll support track, 44,500 beneficiaries under the one-off General MSME Grant, and another 265,425 under the artisan support track.
The payment to new beneficiaries of the Payroll Support track and the one-time General MSME Grant had commenced at the end of April.
ESP was approved by President Buhari on June 24, 2020, as a N2.3 trillion stimulus plan to tackle the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Nigerians and it was developed by the Economic Sustainability Committee chaired by Osinbajo who the President also asked to lead its implementation.
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Presidency says the N200 billion facility earmarked for the Federal Government’s Social Housing Scheme was ready to commence disbursement for the project. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. The presidential aide […]
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