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CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr Godwin Emefiele,says the bank will increase its development finance interventions to further support start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
Emefiele made the pledge while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Monday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lecture has “National Development and Knowledge Economy in the Digital Age: Leapfrogging SMEs in the 21st Century”, as its topic.
The CBN governor said that increased access to finance for start-ups and SMEs was highly essential for the nation’s economy to grow.
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has said that it will increase its development finance interventions to further support start-ups and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country.
This was disclosed by the CBN Governor, Mr Godwin Emefiele at the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, Akoka, on Monday in Lagos.
Emefiele said that increased access to finance for start-ups and SMEs was highly essential for the nation’s economy to grow.
According to him, special consideration should be given to the strengthening of physical and ICT infrastructure, to enable SMEs perform more efficiently and become globally competitive.
Obinna Chima and Funmi Ogundare
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is to collaborate with universities in designing a framework for entrepreneurship development in order to arrest rising youth unemployment.
The CBN Governor, Mr. Godwin Emefiele, while delivering the 51st Convocation Lecture of the University of Lagos, yesterday in Lagos, urged universities to begin sending requests to the CBN for research or for some form of training on entrepreneurial development.
The topic of his lecture was: âNational Development and Knowledge-Economy in the Digital Age: Leapfrogging SMEs in the 21st Century.â
Emefiele also pledged the CBNâs readiness to increase its development finance interventions to support micro, small and medium scale enterprises (MSMEs).
The warmth reception and joyful glee that greeted the arrival of the former Rivers Governor and Transportation Minister, Rt. Hon. Chibuike Amaechi, to the University of Nigeria (UNN), was awesome.
The former NGF Chairman had gone to UNN to honor the institution’s invitation as a Keynote Speaker for the Convocation Lecture titled: Inequality and the Dignity of Man. The Lecture is part of activities marking the university’s Convocation Ceremony for the year 2021 and was delivered by the Minister on Saturday, 12 June, 2021.
Commenting on the choice topic of the Convocation Lecture and its importance on a class-conscious society especially, the Nigerian system that is deeply enmeshed in the messy waters of polity and stratagem, chieftain of the All Progressives Congress and erstwhile National Publicity Secretary of the defunct New People’s Democratic Party (nPDP), Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze said one of the key platforms on which the APC rode to power is the promise of tackling p