FG Set To Commence GEEP 2.0 Loan Second Phase Registration

FG Set To Commence GEEP 2.0 Loan Second Phase Registration

The FG has announced that NIN will be one of the major criteria for the GEEP 2.0 Loan as they set to commence Second Phase Registration. This was stated in information shared by the Ministry.

According to the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, in preparation for the second phase of GEEP 2-0 registration of beneficiaries which is expected to start in August 2022, the Ministry took the GEEP training to the States where the Master Trainers impacted 774 COMOs/ GEEPDOs spread across the Local Government Areas with the use of digital applications on the tablets provided for them to enhance beneficiary registration processes henceforth.

GEEP 2.0 is designed to achieve financial inclusion and provide access credit to the poor and vulnerable people engaged in Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs).

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In furtherance to poverty Eradication, employment generation, growth, and development of MSME’s throughout the federation, the GEEP Programme is an interest-free and collateral empowerment Programme, to be implemented alongside a financial partner.

The Ministry also stated that the Government Enterprise Empowerment Programme (GEEP) has concluded a nationwide Advanced Step-Down Training for its Program Managers, Community Orientation and Mobilization Officers (COMOs), and GEEP Desk Officers in the States.

The Team Lead of GEEP 2.0 Hajiya Zainab Musawa made this known at the end of the Advanced Training on GEEP 2.0 Digitization and Registration for GEEP Programme Managers and Master Trainers which ended last week.

The three-day interactive training programme provided a comprehensive framework for the enhancement of the beneficiary registration process and implementation of the digital transformation of GEEP 2.0 which will include tools and techniques to be applied nationwide in Trader Moni, Market Moni and Farmer Moni.

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The key important aspect of the training was to guide Local Government GEEP Desk Officer (GEEPDO’s) to prioritize the use of National Identification Number NIN as a criterion for qualification for GEEP 2.0 registration. The training was also meant to aid and improve the knowledge of State and Local Government values players who are the Master Trainers and GEEP Program Managers on GEEP 2.0 digitization process and Registration, thereby implying the same knowledge as a step-down training.

FG Set To Commence GEEP 2.0 Loan Second Phase Registration