Enugu SMEs beneficiaries back Ugwuanyi for Senate

• Published date: 11 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

List governor's milestone achievements in the sector

Beneficiaries of Enugu State Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) have relayed their experiences in the well thought-out and innovative programmes of the Enugu SMEs Centre under Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi's administration describing them as 'fulfilling, unique and edifying.'

The beneficiaries said that 'those of us who have gone through one or two of the Enugu SMEs Centre's programmes are amazed by the creative ingenuity of the handlers and the sheer productivity and achievements of the state government through the agency's interventions.'

Listing the intervention programmes of Governor Ugwuanyi's administration through the Enugu SMEs Centre in impacting the lives of the youths as business owners and emerging entrepreneurs in the state, the beneficiaries told Governor Ugwuanyi, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Enugu North Senatorial District in the forthcoming general election that they are firmly behind his senatorial bid and that of other PDP candidates in the state in appreciation of his good works in the SMEs sector and beyond.

Speaking when a delegation from Enugu North Senatorial District visited Governor Ugwuanyi at the Government House, Enugu, to express gratitude and present their businesses to the governor as a testimony to the state government's laudable interventions in the SMEs sector, the State Coordinator of Beneficiaries of Enugu SMEs Programmes (BESMEP), Prince-Will Ugwu, stated that the beneficiaries 'have become core crusaders of the Ugwuanyi senatorial agenda due to your direct impact in their lives.'

Ugwu said that Ugwuanyi's administration, through the Enugu SMEs Centre headed by the his Special Adviser on SMEs Development, Arinze Chilo-Offiah, initiated a sustained and radical transformation that ensured that Enugu youths are equipped with 21st century high income skills that provide pathways to employability and entrepreneurship development.

The Coordinator added that the governor's administration instituted the innovative Human Capital Development Loan, 'a zero interest loan to enable unemployed and underemployed to access technical and professional training with job access or entrepreneurship support upon completion.'

Ugwu highlighted the programmes the Enugu SMEs Centre has consummated to include the 'Enugu Tech, a certified training on Programming and Product Design, preparing our youths for globally sought-after tech skills; Enugu Youth Empowerment...