AMAL HASSAN PARTICIPATES IN NEXIM BANK LAUNCH OF EXPORT FACILITY IN KEBBI
Amal Hassan participated in the Women and Youth Export Development Facility launch (WAYEF) by the Nigerian Export-Import Bank, NEXIM at the Banquet Hall, Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State.
The Managing Director of NEXIM, Abba Bello gave reasons why Kebbi became the first state where WAYEF was launched after the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. He added that the decision to launch the scheme in Kebbi was due to the strong enthusiasm shown by youths in the state.
According to Bello, the United Nations Population projection for Nigeria in 2020 indicated that about 62 percent of Nigerians are below 25 years, while over 50 percent belong to the female gender and as such, this segment of the population cannot be ignored.
Also, the Governor of Kebbi State, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu gave a virtual address at the event where he expressed that the target beneficiaries of WAYEF launched by NEXIM demonstrate remarkable success towards achieving targeted objectives of the scheme.
The Managing Director of NEXIM, Mallam Abba Bello enumerated the numerous facilities, services and programmes offered by the bank, including the newly introduced Women and Youth Export Facility, WAYEF launched on Thursday in Kebbi State, as the pioneer state for the scheme.
CEO/Founder Outsource Global, Amal Hassan among others participated in the panel session which was moderated by Mr. Olutayo Omidiji, Head Strategic Planning, NEXIM Bank. She explained that companies in USA, the UK and Europe outsource a segment of their business to countries with cheap labour as this is done in order to reduce costs and increase revenue.
Amal shared her story with everybody at the event, explaining how she started her first business with an IT Training center in Kano but found out after two years that a majority of those trained were still out of jobs. As a result, she researched the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and discovered that it provided about 2.2 million jobs for Indians at that time.
According to Amal, Nigeria has the capacity to maximize the opportunities provided by the BPO industry with an abundant talent pool, good time-zone, excellent skillset and good English accent we possess over India.
In her words; ‘’It took me eight years to start the company, and I started it four times and failed… we finally went live in June 2016 and today our company provides different services for companies in US, UK, and Japan’’. With over a thousand employees, Outsource Global provides telemarketing, legal service, customer service, software development services to its diverse clients in the world.
Speaking at the event, the Executive Director, Business Development of the Bank, Stella Okotete urged the women and youths to embrace the facility provided to improve their lots noting that the Federal Government is determined to continuing the empowerment programmes.
