The Na­tion­al En­tre­pre­neur­ship De­vel­op­ment Com­pa­ny (NED­CO) has im­ple­ment­ed an ap­point­ment on­ly sys­tem.

In a re­lease, NED­CO said it was in keep­ing with the con­tin­ued chal­lenges as a re­sult of the COVID-19 Pan­dem­ic.

In an at­tempt to keep both clients and em­ploy­ees safe, and en­sure com­pli­ance with so­cial dis­tanc­ing mea­sures re­quest­ed by the Min­istry of Health, NED­CO will be im­me­di­ate­ly im­ple­ment­ing the fol­low­ing to min­i­mize the spread of the virus.

This now means that clients will be seen on­ly by ap­point­ment for loan pay­ments, cheque col­lec­tions and re­cov­er­ies con­sul­ta­tions.

To sched­ule ap­point­ments for loan pay­ments and cheque col­lec­tions, the pub­lic is urged to call or email NED­CO of­fices at:

* busi­ness­man­agers@ned­co.gov.tt;

* North Of­fice - 821-5800 ext 2150;

* East Of­fice - 821-5800 ext 2280;

* Cen­tral Of­fice - 821-5800 ext 2103;

* South Of­fice - 821-5800 ext 2180 - 2187;

* To­ba­go Of­fice - 821-5800 ext 2402;

To sched­ule ap­point­ments for re­cov­er­ies con­sul­ta­tions, the pub­lic can call or email NED­CO’s Head Of­fice at:

* 821-5800 ext 2044, 467-1598 or re­cov­er­i­esteam@ned­co.gov.tt.

Mean­while, NED­CO is al­so en­cour­ag­ing all clients to take full ad­van­tage of their al­ter­na­tive loan pay­ment op­tions in­clud­ing Bill Ex­press Out­lets and First Cit­i­zens Branch­es na­tion­wide.

In-house pay­ments can still be made us­ing LINX by ap­point­ment on­ly.

NED­CO has al­so im­ple­ment­ed ad­di­tion­al clean­ing and san­i­ti­za­tion of high-touch sur­faces; and pro­vi­sion of hand san­i­tiz­er for both em­ploy­ees and clients.