General News of Saturday, 13 October 2018Source: newswiregh.comBeneficiaries were paid through NIB accounts – NEIP clarifiesPresident Akufo-Addo and beneficiaries of the NEIP programThe National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Plan (NEIP) says 95 percent of beneficiaries of government’s business Programme received their cash through their bank accounts with the National Investment Bank (NIB). This means that, publications claiming the NEIP issued fake cheques to the over 1,350 entrepreneurs to promote their businesses are false. The statement categorically explains that beneficiaries of the programme were not paid with cheques but were only asked during the launching of the Presidential Business Support Programme, to hold “ceremonial” cheques representing the amount they will receive. We want to state categorically that, nowhere did NEIP or the ministry issued fake cheques to beneficiaries. In fact over 95% of beneficiaries have received their funding through an account they opened with National Investment Bank (NIB).

Source: GhanaWeb October 13, 2018 09:00 UTC