From Okwe Obi, Abuja
The Federal Government has announced the conclusion of the GEEP 2.0 training nationwide of programme managers, community orientation and mobilisation officers and desk officers in the States.
Government, through the Team Lead of GEEP 2.0, Zainab Musawa made this known at the end of the Advanced Training on GEEP 2.0 digitization and registration for GEEP programme Managers and master trainers which ended last week.
Musawa, in a statement, on Monday, said the 3-day interactive training programme provided a comprehensive framework for enhancement of beneficiary registration process and implementation of the digital transformation of GEEP 2.0 which will include tools and techniques to be applied nationwide in Trader Moni, Market Moni and Farmer Moni.
“The key important aspect of the training was to guide Local Government GEEP Desk Officer (GEEPDO’s) to prioritize the use of National Identification Number NIN as a criteria for qualification for GEEP 2.0 registration.
“The training was also meant to aid and improve the knowledge of State and Local Government value players who are the Master Trainers and GEEP Programme Managers on GEEP 2.0 digitization process and Registration, thereby implying the same knowledge as a step down training process to the Community Orientation and Mobilization Officers (COMOs) and GEEP Desk Officers in the States nationwide.
“In order to continuously improve services to the rural communities and beneficiaries, the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social development decided to adopt modern technology and Digitization methods to continually innovate, rethink and redesign processes which will deliver better beneficiary experience, and shift from the manual registration which was slow and cumbersome”, Musawa said.
She said Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, took the training to States where the Master Trainers impacted 774 COMOs/GEEPDOs spread across the Local Government Areas with the use of digital applications on the tablets provided for them to enhance beneficiary registration processes henceforth.
She added: “This is in preparation for the second phase of GEEP 2-0 registration of beneficiaries which is expected to start in August 2022.GEEP 2.0 is designed to achieve financial inclusion and provide access credit to the poor and vulnerable people engaged in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSMEs).
“In furtherance to poverty Eradication, employment generation, growth and development of MSME’s throughout the federation, the GEEP Programme is an interest -free and collateral empowerment Programme, to be implemented alongside a financial partner.”