The Federal government has signed a Memorandum of
Understanding MOU with the Indonesia government on technical cooperation for
the development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria.
The Director-General, Small and Medium Enterprises
Development SMEDAN Muhammad Umar Nadada,
signed on behalf of Nigeria while, Director-General, Small and Medium
Industries SMI Directorate of Indonesia, Euis Sedah, signed on behalf of
Indonesia.
He said the MoU between SMEDAN and the Directorate
of SMI of Indonesia, offers tremendous business opportunities, especially for
Nigerian Entrepreneurs.
The Indonesian Ambassador to Nigeria, Sudriman
Haseng, in his remarks, said the cooperation would strengthen the relationship
between the two countries.
We are both regional leaders, the cooperation would
increase the benefit of the two nations in their relationship with other
nations, he added.
He noted that small and medium entrepreneur
development is key to economic development of any country, the envoy called on
the Nigerian government to focus more on strengthening the SME’s sector in the
country.
Speaking, Euis Sedah said the two countries are
blessed with both human and natural resources, which she described as factors
that will help in facilitating the goal of partnership.
The director general believed that government alone
cannot solve the problem of unemployment but if it could put more efforts in
strengthening the SMEs sector it will gradually tackle the problem with short
period of time.
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