By Jennifer Inah, Abuja
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha has reiterated the commitment of President Buhari-led administration to lift Nigerians out of poverty.
Mr Mustapha was speaking at a one day Strategic meeting with leaders of micro, small and medium enterprise MSMEs organisations jointly organised by the Bureau of Public Service Reforms BPSR, Civil Society Organisation and the Federal Capital Territory Administration in Abuja.
He said the government through various intervention such as trader- moni, market moni, national youth intervention fund amongst others was achieving its objective of creating employment and strengthening the economy.
“Unfortunately most of these interventions are rarely accessed by beneficiaries due to several reasons ranging from administrative bottle necks to low level of awareness.”
“This meeting is aimed at bringing together leaders of micro small and medium enterprise organisation to engage with government intervention agencies in order to foster better strategies surmounting the challenges in service delivery”, Mr Mustapha said.
Objective of workshop
The Director General, Bureau of Public Service Reforms BPSR, Dr Dasuki Arabi said the objective of the workshop was to highlight various government intervention policies and bridge the gap between government and citizens in accessing such interventions.
“The interactive seminar is aimed at identifying major challenges in service delivery channels and providing feedback to address them through evidence based advocacy.
“It is our hope that at the end of this meeting the issue of dissatisfaction and limited access to most of the interventions by government agencies will be resolved”, Mr Arabi said.
Increase in poverty and unemployment
The Director General Global Centre for Human and Empowerment Entrepreneur, Mrs Rose Gyar said although interventions have been rolled out for SMEs, poverty and unemployment keeps increasing.
“For us in the MSME space, its necessary to interface with the state actors, to sit down and figure out the challenges.
We are not getting enough information about all the interventions available.
“We have re-organised and reposition our institutions and are ready for partnership”, She added.
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