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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Federal Government on Tuesday promised continued support for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in order to create more job opportunities for the nation\u2019s teeming youths.<\/p>\n

The Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), Alhaji Dikko Radda, made the pledge during an MSME\u2019s Support Organisation Dialogue in Kano.<\/p>\n

He said the dialogue was aimed at bringing key stakeholders in the Nigerian MSME Ecosystem to discuss possible measures at moving the sector forward despite the COVID\u201319 pandemic.<\/p>\n

Radda, who was represented at the forum by the Director of Partnership and Coordination in the agency, Dr. Friday Okpara, said the MSME was considered a key factor in economic transformation globally, and called for greater emphasis in the sector to achieve the set objectives.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Federal Government on Tuesday promised continued support for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in order to create more job opportunities for the nation\u2019s teeming youths. The Director-General of Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN), Alhaji Dikko Radda, made the pledge during an MSME\u2019s Support Organisation Dialogue in Kano. 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