MSMEs Loan Committee Members for the Support Scheme Implementation

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MSMEs Loan Committee Members for the Support Scheme Implementation – FG sets up committee members for the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Loan 2020/2021. These committee members are to drive implementation of the loan support scheme. SEE THE MSMEs Loan Committee members for the fast application of the loan

The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, inaugurated the committee on Tuesday at a brief ceremony held via video-conference. Membership of the group is drawn from both the public and private sectors. Some of the programmes include; the MSMEs Guaranteed Offtake Simulation Scheme which is designed to sustain 300,000 jobs in 100,000 MSMEs by guaranteeing off-take of priority products and extending payroll support and establishing a facility in the six geo-political zones; and the establishment of the MSMEs Survival Fund, targeted at sustaining 1,000,000 jobs in 100,000 MSMEs and 333,000 self-employed individuals through the disbursement of grants across the six geo-political zones.

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List of MSMEs Loan Committee Members

The Minister of State for Industry, Trade Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum is the Chairman of the steering committee while the founder of The Chair Centre Limited Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Mrs Ibukun Awosika is the Vice-Chairman.

Other members of the committee include the Chairman of Anambra Rice Mills, Mr Akai nguonu; the DG, Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Mr Joseph Ari; the MD, Bank of Industry(BOI), Mr Kayode Pitan; the DG, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency, Dr Dikko Radda; and the Director, Industrial Development Department, Mr Adewale Bakare.

Also included on the committee are the representative of the Office of the Chief of Staff; the Technical Adviser to the Minister for Industry, Trade Investment, Mr Kamar Bakrin, while the Special Assistant to the President on MSMEs, Mr Tola Johnson will serve as Secretary of the Committee and Coordinator of the project.

The work of MSMEs Loan Committee Members

The mandate of the committee is to amongst other things oversee the implementation of the various MSMES support schemes captured in the NESP as well as the selection and enrollment of beneficiaries for the schemes.

Recently in Funtua, Katsina State, the Federal Government launched the Mass Agriculture Programme the agric component of the economic sustainability plan aimed at cultivating at least 300,000 hectares of land across 36 states and the FCT.