Tinubu’s building inclusive prosperity through enterprise-driven reforms – Shettima

—Launches 9th expanded MSMEs session successful Katsina, commissions state-owned multi-billion projects

––Attends state’s archetypal MSME Awards

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THE Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has reaffirmed the unwavering absorption of the medication of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu connected gathering inclusive prosperity done enterprise-driven reforms successful Nigeria.

“We are gathering a federation wherever each Nigerian entrepreneur — from our cities to our agrarian communities — has entree to the tools and opportunities needed to thrive. This is the tone of endeavor that volition thrust Nigeria’s renewed hope,” helium declared.

Senator Shettima stated this connected Tuesday erstwhile helium launched the 9th Expanded National MSME Clinic successful Katsina State, conscionable arsenic helium announced President Tinubu’s support of Federal Government’s ₦250,000 assistance for each outstanding Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) exhibiting astatine the Clinic.

He said the assistance approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is portion of his administration’s renewed efforts to fortify the backbone of Nigeria’s system and beforehand inclusive growth.

Speaking during the motorboat of the Expanded MSME Clinic, VP Shettima disclosed that the medication has introduced respective different large enactment programmes, including a ₦75 cardinal Manufacturers Fund to supply fiscal enactment to businesses successful the manufacturing sector.

The Vice President said the ₦250,000 assistance is simply a non-repayable involution designed to empower innovative entrepreneurs and enactment the administration’s thrust for enterprise-led nationalist transformation.

“His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has approved an unconditional assistance of ₦250,000 for each outstanding MSME exhibiting astatine today’s clinic. This is simply a non-repayable grant. It reflects the President’s committedness to removing the barriers that person historically held backmost our MSMEs,” helium said.

In his code titled, “Katsina: The Spirit of Enterprise,” the Vice President described MSMEs arsenic the instauration of nationalist foresight and a captious pillar of President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda.

“We came into bureau bearing the committedness to easiness the affairs of our nation, and our gateway to this is the assurance of enactment for our businesses. Our micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises basal arsenic the instauration of this foresight, and that explains our beingness present successful Katsina today,” helium said.

He commended Governor Dikko Umaru Radda for his enactment and innovation successful endeavor development, noting that the constitution of the Katsina State Enterprise Development Agency (KASEDA) demonstrated a beardown committedness to gathering a thriving concern ecosystem.

VP Shettima announced that nether the Rural Area Programme connected Investment for Development (RAPID), 23 MSMEs successful agrarian Katsina had received ₦112 cardinal successful enactment to standard up their operations.

He further disclosed that the ₦5 cardinal Katsina State MSME Growth Fund, a associated inaugural betwixt the Federal and State Governments, had already disbursed ₦576 cardinal to 237 beneficiaries since its motorboat successful June 2024.

“This matching money is designed to boost section businesses, and Katsina has shown that it understands what it means to empower entrepreneurs,” Shettima said.

Earlier, Governor Dikko Radda said the precedence accorded to MSMEs successful the state

stemmed from the acknowledgement of the interaction of MSMEs connected economical growth, noting that endeavor improvement remains a cornerstone of his administration’s blueprint which is transforming implicit 100,000 tiny businesses crossed the state.

While appreciating the committedness and passionateness of the Vice President for MSME improvement successful Nigeria, the politician assured that the authorities authorities volition proceed to nurture and way the advancement of each participants of the 9th MSME clinics to guarantee that their maturation is sustained and their needs of marketplace entree and concern development.

On his part, the Special Adviser to the President connected Job Creation and MSME, Mr Temitola Adekunle-Johnson, said the Tinubu medication is coordinating improvement partners and stakeholders to...