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Five thousand
unemployed people in Zamfara State will benefit from an
entrepreneurship development, short-term vocational training, and
micro-credit linkage for business start-up and expansion programme.

Ferdinand
Nyantakyi-Dapaah, of the Opportunity Industrialisation Centre
International (OICI), said this in Gusau on Tuesday, during a meeting
with operators for the programme.

The programme was
organised by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), in collaboration with
OICI, under the Entrepreneurship Development Centre (EDC), targeted at
reducing unemployment in Nigeria.

Mr. Ferdinand said
that 3,000 jobs would be created under the programme; EDC would also
provide career guidance and counselling services to 6,000 clients every
year.