The greatest legacy any government ll leave her citizens is that of bringing people out of poverty.
This can only be achieved through developing entrepreneurship and making financing available to those entrepreneurship that create employment.
Federal government together with CBN have made intervention funds, capacity building platforms and other logistics available to support SMEs.
State governments and local governments need to start being proactive by entering into partnerships with PFIs to implement the financing and capacity building initiatives in agriculture, manufacturing, commerce, creative industry, healthcare, infrastructure etc
I am open for discussions with representatives of state governments delegated with SME and investment development to launch partnerships that will develop entrepreneurship, make financing available on the back of various intervention funds and ultimately lift millions out of poverty through job creation.
Opinions here are purely mine and the power to execute is also within my delegated authority.
Thomas Datimi.