7,000 applicants jostle for N13m GET Compass grant

No fewer than 7,000 applicants are seeking a share of N13million Grooming Endowment Trust (GET) Compass grant to grow their businesses such as education, health and social entrepreneurship and others.
Entry for the 5th edition has opened and would close on August 20th while the award ceremony is scheduled for October.
According to organizers of the Get Compass grant, five beneficiaries would go home with N2 million each while ten others would receive N300,000 each.
The Chief Operating Officer, Centre for Research in Enterprise and Action (CREM), Mr. Clifford Onyeike explained that the centre would not determine the beneficiaries, stressing the technical committee would decide the f...