Nigeria: VP's Office Partners MSMEs to Improve Economy, Create Jobs, Targets 1.3m Nigerians in 17 States

12 September 2023
Premium Times (Abuja)

The office of the Vice President said the interventions are geared towards ensuring the realisation of the Tinubu administration's commitment to job creation and economic diversification with the MSMEs playing critical roles.

In a bid to complement the federal government's efforts to improve the economy and create more jobs, a group of partners in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) space is set to execute various MSME-focused interventions, targeting 1.3 million beneficiaries across 17 States and FCT.

This was contained in a statement by the Director of Information in the Office of the Vice President, Olusola Abiola.

The statement said the MSME and Job Creation Unit of the Vice President's Office is coordinating the interventions.

It quoted the unit as saying that the interventions are geared towards ensuring the realisation of the Tinubu administration's commitment to job creation and economic diversification with the MSMEs playing critical roles.

The interventions which are to be completed in 17 States and FCT are Shared Centres for MSMEs providing four markets with 300kva Solar Panels and Mini-grids to provide eight hours of electricity a day to six Fashion Hubs and 2 Furniture Clusters.

Other interventions are for car painting/ drying hubs and cold rooms for seafood storage among others.

Following Vice President Kashim Shettima's directives on the speedy execution of the projects, five of the interventions will be completed and delivered by December 2023.

Twelve other interventions are scheduled for completion before December 2024.

The states to benefit from the interventions include Abia, Rivers, Jigawa, Benue, Borno, Lagos, Ekiti, Niger, Sokoto, Enugu, Gombe, Akwa Ibom, Yobe, Ondo, Osun, Bayelsa, Imo and FCT.

MSME partners collaborating with the Office of the Vice President to execute these interventions include the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Industrial Training Fund (ITF), National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and Bank of Industry (BOI).

Others are the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Development Bank of Nigeria (DBN), Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC), Bank of Agriculture (BOA), Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Nigerian Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) and Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), among others.

*Olusola Abiola*

*Director Information*

*Office of the Vice President*

*12th September, 2023*

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