Sterling Bank, NASME partner to boost entrepreneurship
Sterling Bank Plc in collaborations with Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME) will from Monday July 18, 2016, flag off a 3-day Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Workshop for members of the Association, and it is scheduled to hold at the Federal Institute for Industrial Research (FIIRO) Oshodi, Lagos.
The Bank had organized similar workshops in Port Harcourt and Kaduna for MSME operators as part of its nationwide workshop to empower MSMEs. The next workshop will hold in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The Bank in a statement made available to newsmen said the workshop would provide participants with the opportunity to fully appreciate the concept of entrepreneurship and better position them to improve their managerial capacity in the areas of risk management and profit maximization.
The Executive Director, Finance & Strategy of the Bank, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman had announced at a press conference earlier in the year that the Bank would be anchoring a series of workshops for MSME operators in various states nationwide.
He explained that the Bank came up with the initiative to empower the MSME operators in the country in order to improve their capacity and contribute to the economic growth of the country. “MSMEs remain the pillar of any growing economy and the operators in the sector must be well positioned and equipped for accelerated growth and positive impact on the economy”, Mr. Suleiman reiterated.
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