From Uchenna Ezeadigwe
Awka
To ensure that the necessary skills are acquired to grow the small scale businesses, about 100 persons have been trained in Anambra state.
The state chairman of Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASME), Theophilus Nnolim who stated this on Wednesday during the training encouraged the cooperative societies who partook in the training to arm themselves with knowledge and skills in order to grow their enterprises beyond sole proprietorship.
He noted that the association was ready to train, retrain, direct and assist cooperative societies to not only survive the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic but to become the highest employers of labour and food suppliers.
The event was attended by cooperative societies across 21 council areas including food processors, fish farmers, crop producers, gari processors, as well as attracted commercial banks, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), and state Ministry of Agriculture.
In his comment, the administrative secretary of NASME, Mr. Amos Ejesi, stated that the seminar which was necessitated by the fact that the rainy season is by the corner urged cooperative societies to avail themselves of the various opportunities provided by the state and federal government.