Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu
His words here
Today, we visited the Evbareke Spare Parts Market here in Benin City, to tell the marketers how we intend to make their businesses more viable for them.
The people told me how overburdened they are by the multiple taxation of the present government. I told them we will immediately reverse this trend upon assumption of office and create an environment where business can thrive.
We understand and fully recognize the role of SMEs as the engine of any economy. In Edo, SMEs generate more than 80 per cent of jobs and contribute more than 20 per cent to local GDP growth. In addition to the empowerment scheme in the SIMPLE Agenda around skills acquisition, micro financing and other focus areas, our vision will be to make Edo State the best place for businesses to start and thrive. To do this, we need to understand the characteristics of our small and medium sized businesses, what determines their success and what holds them back.
While we emphasize the up-skilling and building of human capacity talent, we shall improve all aspects of financing and access to finance by SMEs through deliberative actions and interventions. A key priority will be to unleash the energy of the entrepreneurial spirit of Edo people who are known to be innovators of new and nascent industries.
We recognize and salute the role of financial organisations that have been able to mobilize funds for our low-income people to access and trade and we intend to partner with these institutions by providing more funds to support more of our people. We have a great opportunity to make things right for our people. Let's #TakeTheFuture
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