The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) has disclosed its plans to establish Business Information Centres in all the 774 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the country.
The Director General of SMEDAN, Mr Olawale Fasanya, disclosed this at a stakeholders’ dialogue on the implementation of the National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (NSMEs) Policy in Plateau on Thursday in Jos.
He said the gesture would enable small scale business holders; particularly those at rural levels have access to information about our programmes.
He added that the gesture would deepen the agency’s reach and bring its presence to bear in rural areas.
“We have a lot of programmes; there are huge funds for people to access but the problem is lack of access to the right information.
“So, part of the strategy we want to use to solve this problem is to have business information centres across all the LGAs.
“We cannot be everywhere, but we will work with states and LGAs to see how we can deepen our reach”, he added.
