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Katsina govt to create Ministry of MSMEs
Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has revealed the plan by his administration to create a Ministry for Micro, Small and Medium Scale Enterprises, MSMEs.
Radda made this known in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, CPS, Ibrahim Kaula Mohammed.
The Governor, in the statement to commemorate the ‘2023 World Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Day’, asserted that SMEs play a vital role in the economic growth of any nation.
Celebrated on the 27th of June every year, the MSME Day is aimed at honouring SMEs’ role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
According to Dikko Radda, the Nigeria economy would have since gone comatose if not for the efforts of thousands of SMEs in the country.
Even though the enabling environment for several MSMEs to thrive in the country is absent, the Katsina State Chief Executive, argued that many small business ventures have been helping to create massive jobs, while also tackling youth unemployment, in recent years.
He said: “Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for up to 90% of businesses, 60% to 70% of employment, and they account for half of global GDP, according to the United Nations (UN).
“That is why I am of the conviction that the theme of this year’s celebration, which is “Building a Stronger Future Together,” is apt. The contributions of MSMEs are invaluable. They have boosted the growth of many world economies.
“Here in Nigeria, the feats performed by many SMEs cannot be enumerated. But that is not to say that everything is now Uhuru for many small business enterprises in the country. They still need government support in many ways, even though the Small and Medium Enterprise Development Agency, SMEDAN, has been coming to their aid”.
Governor Radda, who explained that having a Ministry of MSMEs in Katsina is one sure way to help nurture, grow and ensure the survival of businesses with little capital in the state, assured that the proposed Ministry will be given maximum support to actualize its intended objectives.
“The MSMEs Ministry we are planning to establish will be under my personal watch. I will ensure it gets the necessary supervision it needs, administratively.
“The template I used in repositioning SMEDAN, between 2016 and 2022, when I was the Agency’s Director General, will be adopted for our proposed Ministry. I still recall, with fond nostalgia, how our team in SMEDAN unveiled and implemented several reform policies that aided the growth of Nigerian SMEs,” he said.
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Breaking: Court of Appeal rules in favour of Turaki -led PDP candidate for Osun governorship election
The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, on Thursday, ruled that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Gubernatorial Candidate in Osun State was validly nominated by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee.
The court also ordered INEC to list the PDP logo on the ballot ahead of Saturday’s gubernatorial election.
The Court held that access code is neither a creation of the Constitution nor the Electoral Act; rather, a creation of INEC’s guidelines and cannot, in any way, override the provisions of the Constitution.
Section 288 of the Constitution does not specify the method for nominating candidates; it only states that the names of candidates should be forwarded to the Commission.
The court further held that the defendant (INEC) should take steps to include the name of the appellant on the ballot paper.
Additionally, the court ruled that the primary election conducted by the Tanimu Turaki-led National Working Committee (NWC) of the PDP was a valid primary election in law.
The three-man panel of justices—Justice Mahmud, Justice Jaro, and Justice Ankawere, was unanimous in its judgment.
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Breaking: NHRC sets up situation room to monitor and document hate speech, intimidation, threat to life ahead 2027
The national Human Rights Commission, NHRC, has set up a situation room to monitor and document all incidences of hate speech, intimidation and threat to life by politicians and other actors ahead of the 2027 general election.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, revealed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press conference.
He said the situation room would enable the Commission harvest data, analysis and document persons, agencies and others involved in the negative statements in order to ensure they are properly tracked and brought to book by relevant agencies.
Ojukwu also took journalists on a tour of the newly set up situation room.
Details later…..
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Breaking: NHRC expresses concern over rising incidences of hate speech, threat to life ahead 2027 elections
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has expressed concerns over rising incidences of hate speech, intimidation and outright threat to life by highly placed individuals, especially politicians and religious leaders.
At a press conference in Abuja Thursday, the Executive Secretary of the Commission, Chef Tony Ojukwu, SAN, recalled statements credited to Senator Francis Fadahunsi and Sheikh Yahya Jingir and described the das dangerous with capacity to set the nation ablaze.
He called on politicians, religious and traditional rulers, among other stakeholders to call their supporters and faithful to orders.
He urged government to act before rhetorics turn to violence, saying the forthcoming election in Osun State should serve as example of Nigeria’s capacity to conduct political contest in compliance with international best practices.
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