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The @SurvivalFund_ng of @NigeriaGov includes the following components:

-Artisan Support Fund

-Payroll Support Fund for SMEs

-Business Formalisation (free CAC registration for small Biz)

-Guaranteed Off-take Stimulus Scheme for SMEs

#GovtAtWorkNG #CovidStimulus
Other Stimulus programs introduced by @NigeriaGov include:

-National Youth Investment Fund (NYIF)(N75 billion over 3 years)

-Ongoing Expansion of @npower_ng from present 500,000 to 1 million persons

-@cenbank credit intervention programmes in Agric, Healthcare, Manufacturing
โ€œOne of the specific interventions under the Economic Sustainability Plan (ESP) was what we describe as the Survival Fund, which essentially was a fund to protect jobs and to ensure that during the course of the pandemic and immediately thereafter, ..." - VP @ProfOsinbajo
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"We not only implemented a new national minimum wage, but we also, last year, put forward legislation that ensured that minimum wage earners would pay no income tax." - Vice President @ProfOsinbajo
#GovtAtWorkNG
โ€œWe established the largest Social Investment Programme in Sub-Saharan Africa and we have since expanded many of its component programmes including @HUPcct for the poor from 2.6 million households (13m persons) to 7.2 million households (about 30m persons)." - VP @ProfOsinbajo
"... and COVID-19 Rapid Response for the Urban Poor which now has 4 million households (20 million persons).โ€ - VP @ProfOsinbajo
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IDK how many feel as I do that the Morrison lead government will not bring out #Budget2021
For all thinking people it appears the we are now in an undeclared Federal election campaign
The impact of the Opposition`s attack on all of Morrison`s failures
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has finally cut through
Media cannot find positives to promote this LNP government any further
A further eroding of the Democratic process in shutting down debate in #HoR question time cannot be defended by the #MSM, nor can it be glossed over
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Also, the impact of the new US Biden admin with it`s #NetZeroBy2050 & return to the #ParisAgreement will see Morrison not only further sidelined by global powers it will see him totally isolated in #ClimateChangeDenialism

The impact on reducing #covidstimulus
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How screwed up is our current situation? I spent much of the day doing my Mom's SNAP recertification. Much of it is online (don't even ask about the NYS website ๐Ÿ™„) but I had to call Orange County DSS to touch base with an aspect of the recert. I was on hold for ...
... over 100 minutes before I finally spoke with someone. They said that a significant part of the DSS workforce has been laid off (I assume because of the lack of funding/support from the federal govt.) and the situation is compounded due to an incredible surge ...
... of SNAP applications, due once again to the pandemic and anemic Federal response. I was trying to confirm the date of the phone interview and the person said there will be no phone interviews because they can't even catch up with initial applications....
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