TraderMoni: Osinbajo In Calabar

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday, visited Calabar, the Cross River State capital, for the lauch of the Trader Moni scheme.

Mr Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Office of the Vice President, made this known.

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Akande, in a statement via his official Twitter handle, said Osinbajo will launch the microcredit scheme to petty traders in Watt market, Calabar, among some other meetings.

The Vice President was accompanied by Cross River governor, Dr. Ben Ayade.

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Earlier in the week, the spokesman said the President Muhammadu Buhari Administration would intensify its efforts to empower more Nigerians economically as it continued to inaugurate the Trader Moni N10,000 collateral-free loans to petty traders across the country.

The micro-credit scheme has been introduced in the following States—Lagos, Kano, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Katsina, Osun, Abuja, Kogi and FCT.

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