Wife of the Rivers State
Governor, Dame Judith Amaechi has urged (MAN) to explore economic opportunity
in rural community with a view to boosting the growth of Small and Medium Scale
Enterprise.
Dame Amaechi stated this
Thursday during the 2012 Annual General Meeting of the Rivers/Bayelsa States
chapter of the Association in Port Harcourt.
Mrs Amaechi stated that
identifying potential market for natural endowment within rural community will
add multiplier effect on the economy and increase the nation gross domestic
product.
“I humbly urge you to
initiate programmes that will identify and explore resources available within
our rural communities with a view to finding a market for the nation”, and
added that the success and growth of the nation economy should be adjudged and
measured by the peoples standard of living.
“It is true that our economy
is developing and we are on the path to becoming one of the 20 world economy in
2020 but the success of the economy will be determined and measured by the
improved standard of living of the citizenry”.
She charged the association
to capitalize on the tax holiday and incentives provided by the federal
government to create jobs for the youths.
Mrs Amaechi further said
that Nigeria will be losing its productive sector if the youths are not
properly engaged in productive venture. “The Organized Private
Sector should capitalize on government incentives to create job for our teeming
youths because no nation can develop without harnessing the potential and
energy of the youths.
The governor’s wife who is
the Founder of the Empowerment Support Initiative (ESI), a non-governmental
organisation said the NGO is committed to creating wealth and delivering
quality value and standard of living to Nigerians through its youths vocational
and entrepreneurial development programme.
She added that the NGO’s
soap factory will be commissioned soon and added that over 2000 youths will be
engaged in its operation.
Mrs Amaechi urges the
organized private sector to join her in the effort to touch the lives of the
less privileged and youths in the state.
“I humbly request the
cooperation of the organized private organisation, and ESI will partner with
organisations that will accelerate the growth of small and medium scale
enterprise to boost local economy”, she said
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