SMEs growth key to our Kwara development agenda – AbdulRazaq

By Kehinde Akinpelu Ilorin 

Kwara state Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has pledged adequate support for the growth of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs), saying their success is key for the socio-economic development of the state.

AbdulRazaq said his government will begin immediate intervention in the SMEs sector to boost youth empowerment and employment.

The governor disclosed this while speaking with newsmen shortly after he visited Bawbaw Fishery located at Pampo, off Ogele-Afon Road in Asa Local Government Area of the state.

“I’m very impressed with what I have seen and the government will intervene in supporting agric-business in the state through the Anchor Borrower Scheme of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

“Our focal point is enterprise and we’ll get more youth involved. It is a win-win situation. We will support them so that they can also pay taxes to the government,” the governor said.

The governor, who assured the private sector of an enabling environment for business to thrive in the state, promised to support small and large firms in expanding their businesses.

He urged the youth in the state to be enterprising in order to improve the economy.

While conducting the governor round the seven-hectare farm, its Chief Executive Officer, Musbau Alasinrin, described fishery as very lucrative in Nigeria.

Alasinrin explained that the farm embarks on earth systems due to its capacity to accommodate large quantity of fishes, saying that the farm supplies markets in Benue state and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.