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The Federal Government of have lunched a program to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on the most vulnerable MSMEs across the country.
1.7 million individuals and entities are targeted across Nigeria to be assisted through the following options:

Payroll Support.
Support 500,000 vulnerable MSMEs in meeting payroll obligations of between N30,000 to N50,000 per employee over 3months.

Formalisation Support.
Provide free CAC Business Name registration for 250,000 new businesses.

General Grant.
Support the survival of 100,000 businesses most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic with N50,000 each.

Artisan/Transport Support.
Provide 333,000 artisans and transport business operators with a N30,000 operations grant to reduce the effects of income loss.

Guaranteed Offtake Scheme.
Bulk purchase of products from 100,000 MSMEs to protect jobs and livelihoods.

How To Apply.

Follow the guide on the following website to apply https://survivalfundng.com/.

Victorakats:
Next time endeavour to get the code number and if possible the name of the officer in operation so that you can make a detailed report and possibly approach the court if need be.
Just an advise though.

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Please, where do I report and actually be taken serious? Cos I still have more information about the incident. One of the officers at the checkpoint who goes by the name osuani, his force number is 394911

kaffy4tope:
Wow...so you jumped out of police vehicle and u were not shot? Bro, congratulations. You just escaped a story that touched from being displayed on Nairaland front page

My brother, pondering over it now, am not sure I will have the courage to do that again. I think it was the bystanders that encouraged me to that otherwise I would have been extorted or even locked up at the station.

I have always read news of police brutality online but never fully understood what the victims went through until I had a first hand experience on Wednesday, 13th July, 2016.
On that very day, which has become a day I will never forget in my life, I was headed to jibowu to assist my sister get a bus back to the east after her visit to Lagos. Just before the park area, there was a police checkpoint and as I was walking towards the park with my sister, one of the police officers at the checkpoint signaled me to come. When I went to answer him, he demanded for my phone, I brought it out, he collected it and started scrolling through my contacts. The next thing I heard was "You are a criminal! Wetin foreign number dey do for your phone?……...". The contact in question is that of my school friend who just went to the UK for his masters program, but before I could say Jack, I have been pushed into their vehicle, a danfo bus with the registration number, XU754LND.
Each time I demanded to know what exactly my crime was, the response I got was something like "Keep Quiet! Shut Up! You are a thief! You are a criminal!…..."
My sister was not also spared of the harassment. At that point, I had to raise my voice attracting passerby's who also demanded to know when having a foreign contact has become a crime. Suddenly, their oga instructed them to move.
I don't know how the thoughts came to me but before they moved, I jumped out of the bus through the window. With the heightened tension and the increasing number of people gathering there, they just threw my phone at me and sped off.

The following day, a friend of mine suggested I make a report at a police station. I took the advice and went to Alagbon Police Statio, Ikoyi. Do you know what they told me there? That since they no longer have my phone, I shouldn't worry, that "It's a normal thing". The Nigerian police literally told me that harassment of innocent citizens is a normal thing. Who else do I report to?

My understanding is that there are dozens of similar cases that go unnoticed daily especially in Lagos. As it is, I think the only way police brutality may be put to a near end is by giving such cases as much publicity as possible. May be at some point in the future, someone in a position of authority may be touched to take genuine actions to put an end to it and not just pay lip service.