The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has restated his commitment to seeing entrepreneurs and small businesses in the state thrive as they are seen as employers of labour and important stakeholders in the state’s revenue generation and economic development.
According to Akeredolu, the Ondo State Government through the Ondo State Entrepreneurship Agency (ONDEA) has been on a mission to educate and empower entrepreneurs in the state as part of the eight point agenda of the administration.
“Good tidings for Ondo State Entrepreneurs as Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu embarks on an empowerment scheme to set entrepreneurs in the state up with the needed support to scale up their businesses,” said Summy Smart Francis, the special adviser to the governor on entrepreneurship development.
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Francis posits that the government has launched a couple of schemes through his newly created agency, one of which is the Entrepreneurship Development Training (EDT) program. According to him, the EDT Program by ONDEA successfully trained 3,495 entrepreneurs in 2021.
“Qualified beneficiaries are excited about this initiative because it clearly shows that the government is not relenting in its effort to encourage and equip job makers within the state with all the needed support,” Francis said.
The equipment grants vary from top range basic equipment to block making machines, industrial sewing machines, industrial ovens, generators, pumping machines, and laptops among others.
“This empowerment program and equipment grant started in the early weeks of January 2022 and will run for three consecutive months,” Francis disclosed.
