Vice President Yemi Osinbajo will on Monday lead ministers and heads of ministerial departments to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises clinic to be held in Onitsha, Anambra State, as part of government’s policy to make industrial sector the engine room of the economy.
Also to attend are 11 Federal agencies that are pivotal to the growth of small and medium scale businesses in Nigeria.
The clinic is organised by the office of the Vice President in conjunction with Anambra State Small Business Agency (ASBA) and the state government.
It will offer micro, small and medium enterprises owners the opportunity to solve problems they encounter in the day to day running of their businesses as both Osinbajo and the agencies will proffer solutions to their problems.
The Chairman and Managing Director of ASBA, Chief Clement Chukwuka, said already, about 10,000 enterprises which registered with the government have been assembled to showcase their products. They will also benefit from Osinbajo’s insight.
Chukwuka explained that the two-day clinic, which will hold at All Saints Cathedral field, Onitsha, was initially slated for July last year but had to be shifted forward because of the governorship election that held in November.
He spoke about the outlook of the clinic saying: “It will feature a display of products and all the federal agencies will have their stands.
“The central theme is to better the operations of this sector as the engine room of the Nigerian economy.
“Federal government delegation will be led by the Vice President. It will be an avenue for interaction, problem-solving for micro and small enterprises group because all the federal agencies in the two-day exhibition have something to impact on the small enterprises through credit scheme.
“The VP will be on the ground to offer explanations on issues of interest because all the agencies will be on the ground to explain areas of interest; for instance, if the problem is funding, the Bank of Industry, Development Bank of Nigeria will be on the ground to solve those issues.
“It is now easy to meet all the agencies involved in micro, small and medium enterprises in one place.”
Chukwuka also explained that the clinic is nationwide for viable enterprises which are as a result of government resolve to diversify the economy.
But in the present case, it will be an avenue to showcase goods and services being produced in Anambra State under the medium, small and micro enterprises.