Osinbajo canvasses support for businesses in Nigeria

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday urged the Federal Government agencies to ensure the removal of obstacles to the progress of businesses in Nigeria.

Osinbajo, according to a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande, made the call at the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSME) stakeholders’ review meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The Vice President also charged regulatory agencies to ensure an investment-friendly environment for business owners in the country.

He said: “Everybody knows that Nigerians are enterprising. Practically every Nigerian has some kind of business, as they say, some hustle or some other things that they are doing.

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“People need the right environment and that is what our role is, to ensure that we understand that it is to facilitate and make it easier, not to become a stumbling block or a tollgate.

“This is a country where people want and desire to work. Our creativity and innovation must be first and foremost to remove the obstacles. That is what will solve Nigeria’s problems — implementation of the grand policies that we have and it depends on us.”

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