Minister of Industry, MAN President, others for CICAN’s 2020 workshop

As part of its efforts to help revive the comatose  Small and Medium  Enterprise (SMEs) and the country’s real sector at large, the Commerce  and Industry Correspondents Association of Nigeria (CICAN) is set to host it’s 2020 annual workshop in Lagos.

The workshop with theme i”Effects of COVID-19 on the real Sector/SMEs Financing” will hold ‪on December 12, 2020‬.

This fact is contained in CICAN’s media statement signed by the event’s Organising Chairman Johnmark UKoko and the Secretary Mrs Ebere Nworji and made available to the media recently in Lagos.

The statement said among the important personalities expected to grace the event include the Hon Minister Of Industry, Otunba Adeniyi  Adebayo; the Managing Director/CEO of Nigeria Investment Council, Olusegun Awolowo; the President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Engr Munsur Ahmed and others Captains of Industry.

The statement stated that the Director General of National Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) Ambassador Ayola  Olukanni; the President of National Association of Small and Enterprises (NASME),:Prince Degun Agbode and other invited Captains of Industry.

The statement added that the Managing Director of Bank of Industry (BOI), Viluton Energy Limited CEO,  Ugonwa Okoli and  other Captains of Industry  are also expected.

“Despite the fact SMEs is the growth driver of Nigeria’s economy employing many millions of the youths, the authorities have not done much to tackle the various challenges confronting them.  The forum  will afford the media professionals reporting the sector opportunity to meet that matter in the industry and brainstorm to tackle the challenges facing the sector.

The statement concluded that the Banks’s CEOs present will be given opportunity to tell their stories on their financing efforts so far and what they will do in the year 2021.

The commique of the workshop, the statement stated, will be given wide publicity to enable the government attend to their challenges even as they promised “We will do all within our power to support the SMEs sector.

CICAN was established about three decades ago by NACCIMA to adequately report the real sector of Nigerian’s economy.