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Breaking: FG to support 1,300 MSMEs with ₦50,000 | Tinubu rolls out palliatives

President Bola Tinubu says the federal government is making plans to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the country.

Speaking in a nationwide broadcast on Monday, Tinubu said 1,300 nano business owners will be given a grant of N50,000 each.

The SMEs will be drawn from the 774 local governments across the country.

Other interventions include:

  • N75bn to fund enterprises at 9% per annum
  • N125bn to energize MSME…50k each to about 1,300 nano business owners
  • 200,000 Metric Tonnes of grains.
  • 225,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer, seedlings and other inputs.
  • N50bn each to cultivate 150,000 hectares of rice and maize.
    •N50bn each to cultivate 100,000 hectares of wheat and cassava.
  • N100bn to acquire 3000 units of 20-seater CNG-fuelled buses.
  • Minimum wage to be reviewed in conjunction with labour

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