This is a social media page for the organization of Growers’ Micro Finance Cooperative Society Ltd’, aka GMFCS Ltd, is a financial service providing institution that specializes in the provision of micro credit service to the micro and small business operators in the (economy) society. Growers’ Micro Finance Cooperative Society Limited was Registered under Section 4 of the Cooperative Society A
ct No 98 of 2004 Laws of Federation of Nigeria. Our business interest includes Granting of Loan Facilities to the People of Enugu State and Nigeria at large, especially Woman and Youths who may not afford the luxury of conventional banking services especially in rural areas. We also engage in Agro and Agro Allied Venture, Financial and Educational/ Motivational Empowerment and support programs. This is with the 5 specific intention in bringing the services more closely to the people in a much familiar and informal platform. This is to encourage the target audience to having the feeling and sense of belonging instead of the usual feeling of intimidation posed on them by the formal banking and non-banking financial institutions. This organization, as an NGO, is engendered to providing a unique empowerment to the consumers by:
1. Provision of micro credit facility to the un-bankable subsector of the population made up of more of women and the youth.
2. Encouraging financial growth by offering a thrift service and other savings channels to the members.
3. Training and retraining the members on the best practice in the line of their businesses or advising them based on the new technological approaches, innovations and modern trend of businesses. This shall be via personal contacts; seminars/workshops; town hall meetings; electronic media; town crying; schools; markets; etc.
4. Introducing more channels of business towards building the members’ capacity, which is away from financial services: - village telephony; products and services sales on commission bases; credit supply of goods; etc.
5. Provision of direct and indirect employment to the youth and other members of the society.