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FG Considers Extension Of Registration For Payroll Support

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SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) – The Federal Government said it may consider the plea by some states for the extension of the registration time for the payroll support system to enable some states to meet their quota.

The Special Assistant to the President on Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), Tola Johnson has disclosed. He said that since the closure of the portal on Oct. 15, many states have sent in their appeal for an extension.

Johnson, who is also the Project Coordinator, said he is considering the appeal for recommendation to the Survival Fund Steering Committee.

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According to him, only the Steering Committee headed by the Minister of State for Industry Trade and Investment, Hajiya Mariam Katagun, has the power to approve an extension.

“The Project Delivery Office (PDO) which I head is taking that plea to the Steering Committee, headed by the Minister, to see if the committee will use data and determine either to extend or not to extend. The decision to extend or not will be data-based, it will be looking at what we have, the states that have applied, the states that were successful, the states that were not successful and why we need to extend or not.

“The number of states that have met their quota are slightly below 20, so there is a strong cry for extension and in my own opinion it is valid, but the decision lies in the hands of the steering committee. As the project coordinator, I have to convince them based on data analysis and we believe that we will get feedback on that shortly”, he said.

He further said that over 400,000 businesses had applied for the Payroll Support out of which about 70,000 had been shortlisted.

Johnson said that the shortlisted business were those who met the criteria stipulated, pointing out that many businesses that did not meet the criteria went ahead to apply upon the commencement of registration.

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He said that about 70,000 businesses shortlisted have presented over 400,000 staff to be paid by the government under the scheme.

“As of the day the portal closed we had about 432,000 businesses that had applied, however, we have shortlisted less than 70,000 businesses that qualify and meet the requirements. When we say payroll support all forms of businesses went to apply, even businesses that do not meet the requirements went to apply. We had requirements like you must have this number of staff, but nobody cared, everybody just went first to apply before looking at the requirements. The number of businesses that meet those requirements is slightly below 70,000 and those businesses uploaded about 400,000 staff that they want us to pay for three months” , he added.

The Presidential aide hinted that the Federal Government planned to commence payment of the shortlisted staff by the end of October.

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