Oyo Gubernatorial hopeful, Joseph Olasunkanmi Tegbe has stated that any nation focused on development has to prioritize the growth of its Small and Medium Scale Enterprises.
Tegbe stated this at the Mid-Term Ministerial Performance Review Retreat in Abuja as part of his submissions on the theme, Driving Industrialization through SMEs.
The Oyo All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain stressed the importance of deliberate policies to remove financial and institutional bottle necks, as well as creating an working ecosystem to aid the growth of SMEs which play a key role in tackling poverty and unemployment
Tegbe, a policy expert and Senior Partner at KPMG was a facilitator cum moderator at the Technical Sessions of the retreat.
