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ESUKU DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION – BUSINESS SUPPORT INITIATIVE The Esuku Development Foundation (EDF) Business Support Initiative is designed as a community-driven intervention aimed at strengthening the economic resilience of micro and small-scale business operators across selected riverine communities. The initiative is anchored on the Foundation’s broader mandate to promote sustainable livelihoods, reduce economic vulnerability, and enhance inclusive local development through targeted support to grassroots entrepreneurs. By prioritising traders, service providers, and small household enterprises, the programme seeks to address structural constraints such as limited start-up capital, weak business continuity, and restricted access to formal financial support mechanisms that commonly affect rural and semi-rural communities. In implementing this initiative, the Foundation adopts a transparent, community-based identification process that recognises beneficiaries across multiple communities, business types, and socio-economic backgrounds. This approach ensures equitable distribution of support while reinforcing accountability and local ownership of the programme. The documented list of expected beneficiaries by communities serves as an initial framework for engagement, monitoring, and evaluation, thereby aligning business support delivery with verifiable community needs and records Through this structured intervention, the Esuku Development Foundation positions business support not merely as financial assistance but as a strategic tool for stimulating grassroots economic participation, with the expectation that subsequent phases of the programme will integrate capacity development, mentorship, and sustainability-focused partnerships in line with the Foundation’s long-term development objectives. LIST OF BENEFICIARIES BY COMMUNITIES TAMIGBE COMMUNITY 1. Fine Benjack – 08106740793 2. Etukuyei (Chemist Store) 3. Enepina Ogai – 07031885203 (Provision Store) 4. Enewarekpami Michael – 08132373937 (Poultry) 5. Katrine – 09040762173 (Provision Store) 6. Parish – 07063954175 (Provision Store) 7. Eunice Aseyai – 08138017584 (Provision Store) 8. Torugbene Juliana – 07049845008 (Provision Store) 9. Mike Egwese (Ton-Ton-Ama) – 07065723892 (Provision Store) 10. Ebimene Gbomabi 11. Rebecca Ayiya (chemist store) 12. Name; Tamara Paul - Provision store TEBEGBE COMMUNITY 1. Ebi-Ere Esegi – 08145371108 (Provision Store) 2. Roseline Orarine – 09067315362 (Provision Store) 3. Okidi Bovy – 07073364688 (Boutique) 4. Queen Ogbu Clement – 08030606210 (Provision Store) 5. Shop Tareotubenena – 08147565480 (Provision Store) 6. Chief Christopher Appeal Egiren-Ware-Ka-Emi – (Provision Store) TORUGBENE COMMUNITY 1. Gabriel Akuna – 09162822376 (Chemist Store) 2. Brandy Lousy – 08068870252 (Provision Store) 3. Epedikeme Eneiyeferodo – 08100685312 (Koloware) 4. Monica Tesufa – 08167037976 (Amanadunmi Quarters, Provision Store) 5. Vesta Saley – (Ayakoloware Quarters, Provision Store) 6. Ekpefa Abiri – 08133610780 (Azuware) 7. Doris Brawade – 08032492256 (Market) 8. Ebe Motor – 081450117565 (Akwaware Provision Store) 9. Saturday Ewaya – 07043073956 (Azuware Provision Store) 10. Sarah Samylo – 07056916394 (Isreallo Zion Provision Store) TUOMO COMMUNITY 1. Ezonabo-Ere Akareto – 07045134379 (Ekeremobiri) 2. Boro Lucky – 09060286042 (Ekeremobiri) 3. Note-ere Kingsley – 09164113784 (Ekeremobiri) 4. Warefini-ere Kenneth – 07065414172 (Akerebono) 5. Franca Akidi – 09164383518 6. Nurse Richman – 09036209044 7. Beauky Yenindeke Foukunu – 09168282263 8. Erepere Godbless – 07041885919 (Foukunu) 9. Godknows Osogbo Egolu -08169870791 10. Tukumbo-ebiare Johny - 09076011584 OGBOBAGBENE COMMUNITY 1. Edesemi Fekete – 09114030016 2. Dinini Seleware – 09137274684 (Timikuru Quarters) 3. Denis Mienyefa – 09047102207 (Petubor Quarters) 4. Tuke-ebi Waritimi – 07087836316 (Orubebe Quarters) 5. Ebimobere Recious – 07049633015 (Timikuru Quarters) BULU-TAMIGBE 1. Ebiso Agbor (clothes store) 2. Okubo-ere Pius (restaurant) 3. Eyerinmene Isaiah (provision store) 4. Okuboya Morris (Provision store) BULU-TEBEGBE 1: Tesufa Timothy (provision store) 2: Ewolomo (provision store) 3: Oyas Temple, Lucky (Provision store) Extra Names 1. Name: Embah Yerinmene Bank: Moniepoint Acc no: 5900411803 Phone: 09164856382 Town: Ojobo Quarter: Okodizimor 2. Name: Egbasemokumo Zuokumor Bank: First Bank Acc no: 3175207216 Phone: 08034306896 Town: Ojobo - Warri 3. Name: Elizabeth Brisibe Bank: Zenith Bank Acc no: 2214615418 Phone: 09064942597 Town: Ojobo 4. Name: Ebiere Betty Etifa Bank: Opay Acc no: 8038849117 Phone: 08038849117 Town: Ojobo - Warri 5. Name: Numoupeide Ebis Bank: Zenith bank Acc no: 2214615425 Phone: 09031715425 Town: Ojobo 6. Name: Kemelayefa Zenebrapa Bank: Zenith Bank Acc no: 4316753382 Tel: 08066519034 7. Name: Bridget Anote Williams Bank: Zenith Bank Acc no: 2378867416 Tel: 08140664433 8. Name: Diepreye Ibaraghoemi Bank: FCMB Account no: 4364353014 9. Name: Ape Moses Sarah Bank: Polaris Bank Account no: 1767293679 10. Name: Tutu Tuebi Deidei Bank: Fcmb Account no: 5079102016 11. Name: Kegbe N Glory Bank: Polaris bank Account no: 3018472411 APPROVED AMOUNT First Option 61 X ₦200,000 = ₦12,200,000 The foundation approves that each of the sixty-one beneficiaries receives a business support grant of ₦200,000. This level of support is projected to provide substantial capital relief capable of strengthening inventory acquisition, stabilising working capital, and improving short-term business sustainability for micro and small-scale enterprises. When aggregated across all beneficiaries, this would require a total financial commitment of ₦12,200,000. This amount is particularly suitable where the Foundation intends to prioritise depth of impact per beneficiary and accelerate measurable economic outcomes within a shorter timeframe.