The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Mariam Katagum, has assured Federal Government’s commitment to providing a conducive environment for women in business in the country. The Minister gave this assurance in her keynote address at the virtual launch of the Ebi Market Place, the first indigenous E-Commerce Market place platform for […]
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, on Monday at a virtual meeting said that small businesses remained the engines of growth for the nation’s economy, especially in the areas of wealth creation and employment opportunities. He said that in partnership with the private sector, the Federal Government would continue to support innovation and interventions to […]
The Federal Government has launched the Transport Track of Artisans and Transport Scheme under its Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Survival Fund to overcome the challenges posed by Covid-19 pandemic to the economy. The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum stated this at the launch of the Transport […]
The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Mariam Yalwaji Katagum, has reaffirmed the ministry’s commitment to Federal Government’s agenda of lifting 100 million Nigerians out of poverty in the next ten years. The Minister was quoted in a statement issued by the Assistant Director (Information), Mrs. Oluwakemi Ogunmakinwa, as making the promise […]
The Federal Government on Thursday flagged off two schemes with N75 billion funding package to support about 1.7 million micro, small and medium enterprises in the country. The Minister of State, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum, at a media briefing briefing on the National MSME Survival Fund and the Guaranteed Off-take […]
The Federal Government, through the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) in collaboration with the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), has kicked-off a joint vocational training programme on skills acquisition. At the kick-off ceremony, which was declared opened by the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Yalwaji Katagum in Abuja, the […]
The Federal Government has disclosed that over 392,000 businesses have benefited from the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) clinics as part of strategies of the present administration to make it easier to do business in the country. The Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Amb. Mariam Katagum, made the disclosure in her […]
L-R: The Minister of State, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Ambassador Mariam Yelwaji Katagum; the Technical Partner and Chief of Operations, Crimson Gate Consulting Company, Mr Brent Dyke; and Director, Horizon Metals Limited, Alhaji Munir Umar, during a meeting with the minister in her office in Abuja