30 Nov FG inaugurates committee to standardise MSMEs
The Federal Government has set up a committee to standardize Micro Small and Medium Entrepreneurs (MSMEs).
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Mariam Katagum who inaugurated the National Steering Committee of National Business Development Services Providers (BDSPs) certification and accreditation framework said the certification and accreditation framework would set standards for business development service interventions.
“At the end of the certification programme, successful BDSPs will be in a position amongst other skills to demonstrate technical knowledge relevant to the effective delivery of the business development service provision to MSMEs,” she said.
She explained that the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) and MAFITA, a UK aid-funded intervention in Nigeria, developed the framework, and the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), Pan Atlantic University, Lagos and the Entrepreneurship Support Centre (ESC), Kaduna Business School are currently implementing the training programmes across the country.
The Director-General, SMEDAN, Dikko Radda, said the BDSPs had been striving for their services to add value for money hence their services were needed to boost the sector.
Speaking on behalf of the Committee, former Acting Managing Director of Bank of Industry (BOI), Waheed Olagunju, pledged commitment to achieve its aim.
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