FG Begins Payment of Grants for Taxi, Bus, Okada, Keke, Uber, Bolt Drivers & Others

We are pleased to inform you that the Federal Government has commenced the payment of N30,000 grants for taxi, bus, okada, Keke Napep, Uber, Bolt drivers and cart pushers across the country.

Under the government’s artisan support scheme, a total of 333,000 artisans and transport business operators nationwide will get one-time operations grant of N30,000 per beneficiary.

This is in furtherance of its commitment to support small businesses to cushion the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Successfully verified artisans have started receiving the N30,000 one-time grants, for Nigerians operating in the transport business.

The Artisan track is being implemented in three streams, and as of Wednesday, November 25, a total number of 59,000 individual artisan beneficiaries have been paid across 24 states in Stream 1 and Stream 2 states.

There will be a total of 9,009 beneficiaries per state for both artisan and transport beneficiaries. Of this number per state, there will be a total of 4,505 beneficiaries under the transport scheme, while the remaining 4,504 will be artisan beneficiaries.