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President Bola Tinubu has approved the free corporate registration of 250,000 Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across Nigeria as part of efforts to support small businesses and promote economic growth. The approval was announced during the 8th National MSME Awards, where the Federal Government reaffirmed its commitment to reducing barriers to business formalization and encouraging…

SMEDAN trains 100 teachers on entrepreneurship education in A’ Ibom

 The Small Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has trained 100 teachers in primary and secondary schools in Akwa Ibom on entrepreneurship development education. The Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Olawale Fasanya, declared open the capacity-building workshop for entrepreneurship tagged National School Entrepreneurship programme (N-SEP), under its Mind Shift Entrepreneurship…

President Buhari Appoints New DG for SMEDAN

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Mr Olawale Tunde Fasanya as the new Director General, Chief Executive Officer of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN). His appointment which took effect from 6th June 2022 was contained in a letter dated 23rd June 2022 and signed by the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Otunba Niyi Adebayo. In…

NCC partners SMEDAN to establish digital scheme for SMEs

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has partnered the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) to establish a SME Digital Academy. The SME Digital Academy is a public-private partnership initiative being driven by the NCC, SMEDAN, and Sapphital Learning Limited, a leading digital learning platform, essentially to provide micro, small and medium enterprises…

Buhari’s oil ministry reels under corruption allegations

• As stakeholders demand action on Senate probes • NNPC spends N116m on biro, paper, ink • Over N4.1b, $21b in one month • NASS under attack for oversights failure • Investigate, prosecute ministry officials involved in contract splitting, lawyers urge Lawyers have urged the Federal Government to investigate and prosecute Ministry of Petroleum Resources officials involved in contract splitting as…

Reps member in Kaduna trains 320 constituents on entrepreneurial skills

Mukthar Monrovia

A federal lawmaker, Hon. Mukthar Monrovia, on Saturday said that he has trained 320 members in his constituency on various entrepreneurial skills.

Ahmed, who represents Kaduna South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly, stated this during the commencement of the training in Kaduna.

He said the training was initiated to discuss, share and provide guidance for the…