In recognition of his contributions in enhancing economic empowerment in the nation’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), Muhammad Nadada Umar, director-general, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), has been honoured with the Verbatim Magazine Person of the Year Award.
The award is an annual project designed to select and honour men, women or institutions that have been adjudged by the magazine to have positively influenced governance, legislation and service in both public and private sectors as well as philanthropy in Nigeria.
Umar, who dedicated the award to the trade and investment stakeholders, noted that the Nigerian media has a great role to play in nation building, enjoining Nigerian journalists to take more active interest in politics, as it would enhance the development of the profession.
Meanwhile, the SMEDAN boss has called on Indonesia to invest in Nigeria’s MSME sub-sector. Umar, who spoke during the signing of memorandum of understanding in Abuja between SMEDAN and the Directorate General of Small and Medium Industrie of the Ministry of Industry, Indonesia on co-operation in development of small and medium enterprises, insisted that Nigeria still remained a safe haven, and commanded enormous potential for foreign direct investment, despite all odds.
TEDDY NWANUNOBI
