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Entrepreneurship
By Ifeoma Akah
Enugu, Nov. 16, 2016 (NAN) An Enugu based group, Business Vendors Exhibition (BVE), on Wednesday called on Nigerian youths to embark on entrepreneurial activities with emphasis on local content.
The BVE Executive Director, Miss Somadina Akubue, made this call in Enugu while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the group’s second shopping festival slated for Nov. 19.
Akubue noted that the raw materials for such ventures as bead making, detergents, clothing, catering, confectioneries, interior decorations and photography were abundantly available and cheaper in Nigeria.
“Many youths have not realised that Nigeria is blessed with abundant raw materials for the small and medium scale enterprises.
“If you go to Aba, you will get assorted quality leather for shoes and bags, fabrics for clothes and beddings and a host of other things at moderate prices,’’ she said.
The director said that she held the festival quarterly to enable young entrepreneurs showcase their products to the world, so that they could attract customers and investors.
She said that no fewer than 95 participants had indicated interest in the festival, adding that the exhibition fee for a stand stood at N5,000 a day for the two-day event.
Akubue, who is into the making of clothes, shoes and bags with local fabrics such as ankara, said that there would be free entry for visitors and investors.
The director called for the support of the State Government, the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN), Bank of Industry and the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to enhance the event. (NAN)
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Edited by Maureen Atuonwu
Controlled by Yemi Idris-Aduloju