N75billion Survival Fund: FG Releases Registration Schedule As Portal Opens For Interested Nigerians
The Federal Government on Monday, September 21, 2020, opened an online portal for interested persons to register for the N75billion survival fund for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the survival fund is a conditional grant to support vulnerable Micro and Small enterprises in meeting their payroll obligations and safeguard jobs in MSMEs from the shock of the COVID- 19 pandemic.
According to a statement by the Project Delivery Office:
“Nigerians interested in the Payroll Support scheme are to note that the site for registration will be open from 10 pm Monday September 21, 2020.
In order to ensure seamless registration process, the Project Delivery Office has designed a registration schedule. Registration for Payroll Support will start with educational institutions on Monday and will be followed with businesses in the hospitality industry on Friday September 25 beginning from 12 A.M.
The portal will also be open to other category of small businesses from 12 A.M., on Monday September 28, 2020.”
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The office therefore advised those interested in benefiting from the fund to take note of the schedule and also log on to http://www.survivalfund.ng to register for the payroll support initiative.
The scheme is estimated to save at least 1.3 million jobs across the country while targeting an average of 35,000 individuals per state.