STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT PAYMENT OF N30,000 GRANTS TO 333,000 ARTISANS UNDER ESP BEGINS Beneficiaries nationwide to receive one-time grant, with Lagos, Kano, FCT & nine more States in first batch Enumeration, verification still ongoing for Payroll Support Scheme Free CAC Business Names’ Registration for 250,000 MSMEs also commences As the implementation of the Economic Sustainability Plan progresses, the payment of N30,000 one-time grant to 330,000 artisans across the country is now in progress. The payments are being made to sets of verified beneficiaries of the Artisan Support Scheme, a track under the MSMEs Survival Fund. In the first stream of payments starting today, beneficiaries are being drawn from the FCT, Lagos, Ondo, Kaduna, Borno, Kano, Bauchi, Anambra, Abia, Rivers, Plateau and Delta States. They form the first batch of applications for the scheme submitted between October 1 and October 10. The MSMEs Survival Fund scheme is a compone...