Vice President, Osinbajo to chair 1st Abuja SME Conference

The Vice President Nigeria, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is set to open up on the many initiatives of the Nigerian government in support of SMEs as he chairs the 1st Abuja SME Conference next week.

The event put together by the National Chamber Policy Centre of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) and Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) in partnership with Brandmark Communications and other stakeholders have as its theme, “Solution Strategies for Resolving Tax, Regulatory, Packaging & Logistic Challenges Facing Nigerian SMEs’

Others billed to speak at the Conference include the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, the Minister of Trade and Investment (FMITI), Otunba Adeniyi Adebayo, the Executive Director, Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Olusegun Awolowo, the Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba and the Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Dr Dikko Umaru Radda.

According to a statement from the organisers, the conference is built as a statutory annual meeting point to analyse and proffer solutions to those problems.

“It is a platform for stakeholders at both government and non-governmental levels to grow and empower the SME operators.”, the statement noted.

The Chairman of the planning committee, Olawale Rasheed described the forthcoming event as ” a critical step to tackle and resolve the many stumbling blocks plaguing the sector”, adding that, “the platform is a gathering of regulators, operators and policymakers to create an action plan to find lasting solutions to bottlenecks holding down and killing our SMEs”.