By Nimake Earland
The National Directorate of Employment (NDE), in Bauchi, has commenced a five day counseling clinic for 50 graduates on entrepreneurship development in the state.

This was disclosed by the Director-General of NDE, Malam Abubakar Fikpo at the commencement of the training.

The training, according to the DG, was a collaboration between the NDE and the federal government’s Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL) microfinance bank of the CBN, was to equip the participants with the necessary knowledge of how to obtain loans from not only NIRSAL but other financial institutions.

Fikpo who was represented by the state Coordinator of NDE, Mr Ali Yaya, stated that “NIRSAL microfinance bank will tell us all the packages they have so that at the end of this training, you will be able to write your own feasibility report.

“With such an articulated feasibility report, you would be able to go to any bank and seek for loans without any hindrance.

“By God’s grace, most of you will be able to get the loans to start your own businesses.

According to him, a series of lectures would be delivered to the participants on entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial development as well as how to write a good business feasibility report, among others.

He advised the participants to listen attentively to the lectures and work hard to optimise opportunities given to them.

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Earlier, Mr Jubrin Habeeb, Head of Department, Small Scale Enterprise (SSE), NDE, Bauchi, said that the training was also to sensitise the participants on how to keep their minds completely off white collar jobs.

He added that it was also to inject the spirit of entrepreneurship into the participants so as to become employers of labour.

In his address, Mr Yusuf Timothy, Credit and Marketing Officer, NIRSAL Microfinance Bank, Bauchi, said the bank has a lot of packages and urged the participants to visit the bank at the end of the training for more information and loan applications.

He added that the bank was strategically located at the post office of anyplace it has it’s office located for easy access by the rural communities.