Vice-President, YEMI OSINBAJO on Thursday said private schools, hotels, and road transport workers among others, will benefit from the stimulus package the present regime has put in place for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises to cushion the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic.
According to a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, LAOLU AKANDE, the Vice President spoke at the 2020 edition of the MSMEs Awards held in Abuja.
He said the support scheme had been covered by the government’s Economic Sustainability Plan.
“In addition, we have a N200bn fund which will be made available to MSMEs in the priority sectors such as healthcare, agro processing, creative industries, local oil and gas, aviation etc.
“This will be granted through a scheme jointly run by the Bank of Industry and Nigerian Export Import Bank especially for export expansion.
“The CBN is also committed to creating a N100bn target credit facility for MSMEs. Already the recently signed Finance Act already made provision for graduated company income tax rates with zero rates for small companies and a rate reduction for medium sized companies.”
