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Ogun to Set Up SMEs Industrial Cluster, Train 10,000 MSMEs
Dike Onwuamaeze
The Ogun State Government has announced that it would set up industrial cluster for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and conduct a business clinic that would empower 10,000 Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the state.
These were announced by the Commissioner for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Kikelomo Longe, during a virtual stakeholders’ engagement meeting on MSMEs.
Longe said: “All these efforts will further create employment and wealth generation opportunities. Our ministry, in collaboration with the Ogun State Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency (OSAMCA), recently disbursed N850 million to over 22,000 beneficiaries across the state,” adding that the present administration is developing a framework for the setting up industrial clusters that would be exclusively devoted for SMEs in order to boost the development of small businesses in the state.
She stated that the clinic would focus on five critical sectors, which include agro-processing, food and beverages, solid minerals, Information Communication Technology (ICT), and beauty and textile sectors.
The commissioner said that the beneficiaries of the business clinic would be empowered through access to capital, business registration, capacity building, as well as training and mentoring.
She noted that the clinic would be held in Abeokuta, Ijebu-Ode, Sagamu, Ado-Odo/Ota, and Obafemi Owode Local Government Areas.
Longe assured that the government would continue to provide support services, linkages and facilitate access to capital, adding that the ministry, in collaboration with the OSAMCA, has empowered over 22,000 beneficiaries.
In his welcome address, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Remi Ogunmefun, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Mr. Olu. Ola, disclosed that the state government, through the ministry is in regular engagement with MSMEs to develop workable solutions would be provided to re-energise the sub-sector.
