Entrepreneur Seeks Support For SMEs

Managing Director, Perfect Care Systems (PCS), Mr Gbenga Babatunde,  on Thursday in Lagos called for a boost for the small and medium enterprises (SME) to engender sustainable economic development.

Babatunde told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that pegging economic development on the SMEs would  lead to an inclusive and diversified economic growth. He said at the ongoing Eko Expo Trade Fair that while SMEs had been accepted globally as the vehicle of economic development, the entrepreneurial skill of Nigerians and opportunities made it imperative for the nation to encourage them.

“The Eko Expo Trade Fair is a Lagos domestic trade fair that is showcasing all manners of business around and outside Lagos, including the SME, and the large scale business,” he said

Babatunde said that the focus of the fair was to showcase the local products from the SMEs and provide investment opportunities for established companies.

“It is for the SMEs to grow and have facilities from the big companies that are at the fair, so that many youth who don‘t have white jobs can be engages,” he added. The Managing Director also said that the fair which created exposure for micro businesses unfortunately failed to hold in the last 10 years due to operational difficulties.  According to him, Perfect Care Systems (PCS) sole sponsorship of the fair was borne out of the company’s commitment that the organised private sector must drive the nation’s economy.