Beneficiaries of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) employment provision scheme, Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS), are currently receiving N85 million loan. According to the NDE, the loan disbursement is being executed under its Special Public Works (SPW) programme. He further explained that the objective of the loan disbursement exercise is to create jobs, especially self-employment for the trained participants and help them become self-reliant. The NDE DG went on to say that the EBTS loan disbursement exercise would create a pool of entrepreneurs that will soon become employers of labour in Nigeria. Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS) is one of the popular schemes of the Special Public Works Programme of the NDE.

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 17, 2023 07:39 UTC