Aganga, according to a statement made available to the press by his Special Adviser on Media, Mrs. Yemi Kolapo, said this during the ministerial session of the Fifth National Council on Trade and Investment in Minna, Niger State on Thursday, noting that the ministry hoped to double the figure very soon.
According to the one-year score sheet of the various agencies and Parastatals under the ministry, the Bank of Industry created 1,335,000 jobs; the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency,31,122; Onne Oil and Gas Free Zone, 30,000; and other Free Trade Zones under the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, 5,120. These give a total of 1,401,242 jobs.
The minister also said the ministry was currently executing matching programmes for SMEs, in collaboration with state governments, to remove the bottlenecks associated with securing collaterals and make it easier for SMEs to access loans to start or expand their businesses.
Aganga was quoted as saying, “As a result of the various reforms in the different focus areas, jobs created by the ministry’s parastatals in the last one year are estimated at 1,401,242 jobs as enumerated above, even though not all the jobs created are captured here. However, as the reforms continue, and with maximum focus on results, we hope to double this figure very soon.
“We are executing matching programmes with state governments on SMEs and deepening financing penetration, using microfinance banks; and the Bank of Industry is getting round collateral issues related with funding through cross-guarantees by members of cooperatives.”
In that regard, he said the value of loans approved by BoI, over the last one year increased by 68 per cent or N77.74bn from N114.30bn to N192.04bn, while the estimated jobs created also increased by 34 per cent or 335,000 from 1,000,000 to 1,335,000 in the last one year.
“The President has also directed the Ministry of Trade and Investment, the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria to work on recapitalising BoI to increase the amount of funds available to MSMEs,” the minister said.
He stressed that his ministry had begun repositioning the Weights and Measures Department so as to enthrone fairness and transparency in the consumption of goods and services across all the sectors of the economy.
“The President has given approval for the repositioning of the Weights and Measures Department in my ministry to enable Nigerians have value for money. Within the next two months, Nigerians will begin to experience the difference in terms of getting value for money across all sectors of the economy,” Aganga said.
He added, “Currently, we are developing small hydro power plants in strategic areas across the country where they can serve SMEs to reduce their operational costs. Through the Entrepreneurship Development Programme, a total of 10,374 SMEs got funding from SMEDAN’s various programmes in the year.
“A small and medium enterprise is expected to employ at least three workers each, which translates into a total of 31,122 jobs. We have embarked on an investment climate reform programme, working with the Department for International Development and the World Bank.”
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Mr Aganga is free to state his claim or make his point of view known to his audience, Nigerians, however checking out his claim is the responsibility of the press. People should not get too upset but rather persuade the journalists to do their job.
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ReplyDeletePlease let someone help me tell Aganga or what does it call himself to keep quiet. When almost all banks,telecommunication are folding up and even FG office are been closed down/merge together. He said they have created 1.4millions jobs in a yr. Please help me ask him where and how will he manage to pay them? All liars will go to hell fire. Look Aganga just keep quiet or else I will go into my prayer room to release fire of the Holy ghost upon u. Look who is beating the drums and the dancers. U will all perish with your lie. Mai chonu oooo.
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ReplyDeleteHello peeps. i strongly believe that these jobs were not created in d ministries oo.going by d figures, BOI CREATED 1.335m.i suppose dis is based on proposal submitted by d industries dat benefitted frm d various dev grants offered by BOI.d challenge now is:did aganga or BOI actually check to ascertain dat d number of prospective employment to b created if dese industries were given d loan was actually created and if those vacancies or openings were filled by jobless nigerians.To me oo, they re just acting of projections that are far from being true. Thank God dat Nigerians can not b decieved anymore.
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