Beneficiary Name: Hajiya Mariam Idris (Mrs.)
Business Name: Mariam Fashions
Business Address: No. 18, Kaura Namoda Road, Tudun Wada, Gusau, Zamfara State
Business Number: 08067675493
Hajiya Mariam Idris trained as a fashion designer and was engaged as a trainer for the NDE. She is a beneficiary of the Trainer Capacity Upgrade (TCU) Loan Scheme.
In 2005, she was granted a loan of N150,000 to upgrade her business. She currently has 7 staff and 15 apprentices.
Beneficiary Name: Kwalu John-Paul
Business Name: Pacific Institute for Catering and Hotel Management
Business Address: No. 20, Igweorie Street, along Holy Ghost Secondary School, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
Business Number: 08035018903
Mr. Kwalu John-Paul is from Anaocha LGA of Anambra State. He holds B.Sc. and has been an NDE Master trainer since 2000.
Mr. Kwalu participated in the NDE Basic National Open Apprenticeship Scheme (B-NOAS) of the Vocational Skills Development (VSD) Programme in 2009. On completion of the training, he was able to secure personal loans from family and friends to set up his catering and cosmetology business.
The business has different types of baking, catering and cosmetology equipment.
He has trained over 400 beneficiaries, most of them being from NDE. He currently employs 14 persons and has 100 students in training.
Beneficiary Name: Edem Duke
Business Name: Dubass Synergy Multi Services Ltd.
Business Address: 41, MCC Road, Calabar, Cross River State
Business Number: 08037239017
Mr. Edem Duke is from Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. He is a graduate of Mathematics and Statistics, with an M.Sc in Applied Mathematics.
He set up a computer training and general services business and has been an NDE Master Trainer since 2003. He benefited from the Trainer’s Capacity Upgrade (TCU) and was given a loan Package of N150, 000.
The business, which deals in computer training as well as sales and maintenance of computers, employs 9 persons.
Beneficiary Name: Sintei Uyoinimo Ireme
Business Name: Iry Sintei Concept Enterprises
Business Address: No. 50, Saptex Road, Yenagoa-Epie, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State
Business Number: 08037078183
Sintei Uyoinimo Ireme is an indigene of Silga LGA of Bayelsa State. She has a HND/PGDE.
Sintei is a Fashion Designer who joined the NDE under the Vocational Skills Development Programme in 2009. She trains in Fashion Design and was given a N150,000 loan under the Trainer Capacity Upgrade (TCU) Scheme. The loan was used to purchase more machines and to improve on her workshop. She currently has 3 persons under her payroll.
Beneficiary Name: Maureen Chidinma Nnuta
Business Name: Maureen Fashion Design
Business Address: Ugwu Nwasike Ikenga Ogidi, Anambra State
Business Number: 07063079550
Mrs. Maureen C. Nnuta is from Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State. She holds SSCE. She has been an NDE Master Trainer since 2001, and has graduated many trainees of the NDE.
In 2011, she participated in the NOAS/RLS of Vocational Skills Development Department (VSD). On completion of the training, she was given a Resettlement Loan Package of N45, 000 to expand her business.
The business now has different types of fashion design machines which include different types of sewing machines, weaving machines, etc.
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