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Niger Delta13 years ago

Sylva, Dickson Bicker Over N4b Pensioners’ Fund

The immediate past Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Timipre Sylva has reacted to proposed judiciary probe on the alleged debt of four billion Naira owed to...
Niger Delta13 years ago

Imoke Charges Old Boys On Nation Building

Gov. Liyel Imoke of Cross River State has advised old students of Kings’ College, Lagos to ensure that their individual successes are translated into collective success for...
Niger Delta13 years ago

NGO Empowers 150 Youths In Delta

A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Concerned Women and Youth Empowerment in Delta State, said it had so far empowered 150 youths in the state. Executive Director of...
Niger Delta13 years ago

NSCDC To Strengthen Security On Infrastructure

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has reiterated its commitment to providing adequate security for government infrastructure in Cross River State. State Commandant of...
Niger Delta13 years ago

‘Bayelsa Can’t Sustain Monthly Wage Bill’

Bayelsa State Governor, has Hon. Seriake Dickson said the state government’s wage bill of N4.3 billion for June was too heavy. The governor stated this when...
Agriculture13 years ago

E-Wallet Scheme Has Reduced Agric Inputs Diversion By 95%’

The introduction of e- wallet scheme in the distribution of agricultural inputs had eliminated diversion by 95 per cent in the states covered, the Minister of...
Agriculture13 years ago

E-x Adviser Urges Farmers To Relocate

With the timely warn ings from meteorological and other such bodies of the inevitability of flooding in 2013, a former Economic Adviser to the Rivers State...
Agriculture13 years ago

FG Committed To Tackling Unemployment Through MSMEs Development -Aganga

The Federal Government has expressed its determination to address the challenges of unemployment through development of a sustainable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The Minister of...
Agriculture13 years ago

FG Committed To Tackling Unemployment Through MSMEs Development -Aganga The Federal Government has expressed its determination to address the challenges of unemployment through development of a sustainable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Olusegun Aganga, stated this in Abeokuta during a validation workshop on the Revised Policy on MSMEs in Ogun State. A statement issued on Friday in Abuja by Assistant Chief Information Officer, quoted Ibrahim Mohammed, Aganga as saying that the government created 32 million indirect jobs through the 17.2 million MSMEs in 2012 alone. The minister said the government had concluded plans to create five million jobs by 2015 through the expansion of the MSMEs. He promised to forward a proposal to the Federal Executive Council on the need to ensure production of school uniforms from made-in-Nigeria fabrics to encourage enterprises development. “There is no reason why school uniforms cannot be made even from “adire textiles,’’ he said. Gov. Ibikunle Amosun acknowledged the support and cooperation the administration had received from SMEDAN. He said that the government would continue to assist genuine entrepreneurs in the “areas of provision of infrastructural facilities and financial assistance. The Director-General of SMEDAN, Alhaji Bature Masari, earlier, expressed satisfaction at the SMEs development and the inauguration of National Enterprises Development Programme (NEDEP) in the state. He said that the National Policy on MSMEs outlined the general directions for MSMEs programmes, interventions and initiatives. According to him, the policy which will be implemented, monitored and evaluated would to serve Nigeria from 2013-2015 and be reviewed every four years. Masari said the policy’s success was hinged on critical prerequisites which include the need for streamlined and decentralised MDAs at the federal, state and local government levels for MSME’s development. He explained that some of the special target enterprises under the policy included cottage agro and agro-allied enterprises, cottage arts and crafts as well as textiles and clothing. Others are wood processing and furniture, leather and leather products, basic metal, metal fabrication and engineering enterprises, solid mineral enterprises. Also included are electronic and information technology enterprises, building and construction enterprises amongst others are some of the special target enterprises under the policy.

The Federal Government has expressed its determination to address the challenges of unemployment through development of a sustainable Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). The Minister of...
Business13 years ago

African Leaders Urged To Invest In Agric

Ghanaian Vice President Kwesi Amissah has called on African leaders to encourage investments in agriculture to meet the continent’s goals in food security and poverty reduction....

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