Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, will on Thursday, February 23 launch a-three-day Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Clinic for viable enterprises in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital.
In a statement by the Chief Operating Officer of the Kwara State MSME Bureau, Mr. Segun Soewu, which was made available to journalists in Ilorin on Monday, the event would hold at the Banquet Hall, Ilorin by 10 am daily.
According to him, the Clinic would serve as an opportunity for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises in the State to discuss opportunities and challenges confronting their businesses.
Mr. Soewu also said that business owners would be able to make inquiries about policies and regulations regarding their businesses from federal agencies that will be at the programme.
He listed the agencies to include Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, Nigeria Export Promotion Council, Nigerian Export-Import Bank and National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC).
Others are Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Bank of Agriculture, Bank of Industry, Federal Institute of Industrial Research Oshodi (FIIRO), Projects Development Institute, Raw Materials Research and Development council, and the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure.
It will be recalled that Prof. Osinbajo on January 26 flagged off the MSME clinic in Aba, the Commercial Hub of Abia State.
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