FG To Create 5m Jobs Through MSMEs –Minister

[Shola Sholaz]

The Federal Government is to create five million jobs by 2015 through expansion of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
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The Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr Olusegun Aganga, disclosed this on Tuesday in Abeokuta at a stakeholders' validation workshop on National Policy on MSMEs.
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The Ogun chapter of the National Enterprise Development Programme (NEDEP) was also launched at the event.
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Aganga said that the step was part of the Federal Government's effort to address the challenge of unemployment in the country.
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The minister said he would recommend that an appreciable percentage of government's expenditure be spent on the MSMEs sub-sector annually to enhance the growth of the economy.