He said the focus of the Plan is to develop “the capacity of Nigerians
to do everything that we need internally; to become a net exporter of
the various things that we are importing today.”
Explaining Federal Government’s reason for the inauguration of the MSMEs
Clinics that is now going round major cities in the country, Prof
Osinbajo stated that it was designed to give small businesses the
opportunity to meet with the industry regulators, to talk to them and to
hear their problems.
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo today gave some glimpses into the
personal and official relationships he has shared with President
Muhammadu Buhari.
On a visit to Katsina to launch the state’s Micro, Small and Medium
Scale Enterprises Clinic, Prof. Osinbajo disclosed that the President
had been treating him as a brother and son.
He stated that the responsibilities Buhari gave him are proofs that he
seriously believes that we can live as brothers in this country.
The Acting President who earlier paid a visit to the Emir of Katsina,
Dr. Abdulmumini Kabir Usman, also spoke about his close relationship
with President Muhammadu Buhari at the palace reception.
One of the reasons why I feel very much at home in Katsina State is
because this is the State of our President, President Muhammadu Buhari,
who has taken me more like a brother; in fact sometimes more like a son
than a Vice President.”
He commended the Government and people of Katsina State for being a role
model in terms of peaceful co-existence of all ethnic tribes and
religions in the State.
At the launch of the Katsina State’s MSMES Clinic, Osinbajo averred that
the Federal Government’s newly launched Economic Recovery & Growth
Plan (EGRP) places high premium on the nation’s capacity to grow it’s
export potentials rather than continue on the unsustainable path of
total dependence on import.
He explained that the idea of the MSMES clinics which he has personally
attended for the fourth time now is the Buhari administration’s effort
to close the gap between MSMES and relevant FG regulatory agencies like
NAFDAC, CAC, SON, BOI, FIRS and others and ensure that those agencies
become facilitators of businesses not obstacles to business development.
Prof Osinbajo who declared the MSMEs Clinic open in absential of the
President due to a follow-up on his medicals, was accompanied to Katsina
by the Minister of State for Aviation, Hadi Sirika, Minister of State
for Industry, Trade and Investment, Hajia Aisha Abubakar, Chairman of
Federal Inland Revenue Service, Babatunde Fowler and Special Adviser to
the President on Political Matters, Senator Babafemi Ojudu.
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