RIMA Finetunes Micro Lease Project …Shifts Implementation To 2014

L-R: Chairman of the Occasion, Mr Adesanmi Popoola, Guest Speaker, Dr Lolu Ojo and Chairman, Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria, Oyo State Chapter, Mr Lekan Fashesin, at a business summit on entrepreneurship and pharmacy practice in Ibadan last Thursday.
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Rivers State Micro
Finance Agency (RIMA), has shifted the implementation of micro lease project to the first quarter of 2014.
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the agency, Mr Innocent Iyalla Harry made this known in a chat with The Tide in his office in Port Harcourt recently.
The Director said that the shift was done in order to fine-tune the project and offer a hitch free product to the beneficiaries when it will be finally launched in the first quarter of 2014.
Harry noted that the agency had to ensure that the vendors are qualified and also have quality equipment to offer, adding that “RIMA will not go for anything substandard which will affect the businesses of these entrepreneurs in the communities”.
He said the micro lease which will provide capital equipment has come to bridge the gap between the small businesses and the medium ones as it targets the farmers, hair dressers, barbers and even civil servants that want to start businesses for their families.
He said the micro lease will provide  farm implement up to the tune of N200,000 depending on what the  beneficiary deals on.
The beneficiaries of RIMA loans in the local government areas commended the agency for the kind gesture and stated the need for the implementation of the micro lease project  which will be a boost to their businesses.