Traders seek urgent FG intervention on road infrastructure
The Association of Progressive Traders (APT) of Nigeria, has called on the federal government to urgently intervene on the state of the road infrastructure around
Category : SMEs
SMEs bleed as business climate worsens
The Central Bank of Nigeria’s tight monetary policies aimed at taming rising inflation have mounted more pressure on the Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, resulting
Nigeria lost N1.6trn to rice importation annually before 2015 – Mal
Alhaji Abubakar Malami, SAN, Minister of Justice has lauded President Muhammadu Buhari’s rice revolution scheme for saving the country’s annual rice importation which stood at
FG seeks lasting solutions to farmer-herder crisis
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dr. Mohammad Abubakar yesterday said stakeholders must come together to find a permanent solution to the incessant farmer-herder
20% excise on beverages, tobacco will cripple MSMEs
Some economists and industrialists have faulted the proposed 20 per cent excise on carbonated and non-alcoholic beverages, saying it would adversely affect Micro, Small and
Nigeria, Mexico sign $3bn plant export deal
The Federal Government, through the Nigeria Agricultural Quarantine Service, on Thursday said it had signed an agreement with its Mexican counterpart to increase the export
TotalEnergies, NNPC support 20 Nigerian youths on agribusiness
TotalEnergies and one of its partners, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) yesterday officially handed over empowerment kits to 20 young people trained on
Fayemi call for urban-agriculture strategies to tackle food shortages
The President of the Forum of Regions of Africa (FORAF), Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has called on governments at all levels to create urban agriculture-friendly policies
N617.3 billion financing gap for MSMEs exist annually – CISLAC
Despite contributing over 50 percent of jobs in the country, Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) bemoan that increasing difficulty in accessing funds is hampering
Strengthen credit guarantee scheme, CPPE tells govt
The Chief Executive Officer of the CPPE, Dr Muda Yusuf, has called on the government to liberalise or strengthen the credit guarantee scheme for SMEs.
