AMAECHI made the observation during the empowerment of Women and Youth programme in Rivers State by the National Directorate of Employment, NDE and the Office of the Minister of State for Labour and Employment.
The minister said five thousand persons will be given loans without interest, between one hundred thousand and five million naira.
He suggested that three thousand of the five thousand recipients should be women.
The Minister thanked President MUHAMMADU BUHARI for the initiative of empowering Rivers people with business loans and vocational skills acquisition.
He also announced that thirty persons from the twenty-three local government areas of Rivers state would be trained by the NDE and be attached to artisans to work with while the federal government would be paying them directly every month.
Also speaking at the event, Minister of State for Labour and Employment, FESTUS KEYAMO described self-employment said the greatest form of employment.
The details of the event were contained in a statement by the Media Office of the Minister of Transportation, ROTIMI AMAECHI.
