Benue, Kebbi, Niger and Cross River have set up similar Committees to
facilitate grass roots implementation.
Classification adopted by National Policy on MSMEs is detailed in the table below.
Table: Classification of Sizes of MSME&SME
SIZE CATEGORY
EMPLOYMENT
ASSETS
(N million, excluding land
and buildings)
1 Micro enterprises
Less than 10
Less than 5
2 Small enterprises
10-49
5 – less than 50
3 Medium enterprises
50-199
50- less than 500
Source: SMEDAN National Policy.
Information Services /Business Awareness Creation and Research: Business
Clinic at the Agency’s Head Office. The Agency set up a Business Clinic at its
Head Office to offer specialized one-on-one business counseling to MSMEs
and provide general business information on raw materials,
machinery/equipment, etc. The Business Clinics at the Head Office Building
serve as diagnostic, treatment and counseling centre for ailing businesses.
The clinics also serve as incubation centre for business
ideas, and are
being extended to the local government areas.
Train-the-Trainers’ Programme :In collaboration with the International
Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development [ICECD], Ahmadabad,
India, SMEDAN trained over 70 representative of SME-focused NonGovernmental Organizations [NGOs] in Enterprise Development Services, so
that they can directly impact on their members. Before the training in Nigeria,
two batches of SMEDAN staff and some BDSPs had been trained in India. Two
diets of the training were concluded in 2009- 2010 where over 200 trainees
benefited.
Entrepreneurship Development Activities: The transformation agenda of the
present Administration works effectively with SMEDAN to provide
information, sensitize the people and deliver entrepreneurship/vocational
training to several Nigerians. These services have enabled Nigerians such as,
members of the National Youths Service Corps, women, youths etc, to start
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