Stakeholders at a one-day workshop yesterday in Benin City, Edo State have enjoined government and the private sector to under-study workable, “group lending system” as means of fast-tracking access to funds and markets for Medium Small-scale Medium Enterprises in the state.
The stakeholders’ meeting under the auspices of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit , a German agency was on public-private dialogue on access to finance and access to markets, “To achieve the desired outcome, GIZ–SEDIN is supporting the efforts of the organised private sector in Edo State to advocate for policies and initiatives that improve the business enabling environment for MSMEs in the state.
She said: “These priority areas were identified during a Priority Policy Area Selection Workshop held by the organised private sector in Edo State in March 2022. The recommendations identified during the PPDs will be documented for the public sector’s implementation.