THE National Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (NASMEs) has called on the Federal Government to transfer Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) to state governments to ensure their optimal performance and effectiveness.
The Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of NASME, Mr Solomon Aderoju, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos.
According to Aderoju, state governments will be in a better position to manage the centres since the centres are domiciled in such states.
NAN reports that there are 23 IDCs in the country and the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) is in charge of the centres.
The centres were established to provide industrial extension services, boost entrepreneurship skills, appraise loan applications and to help purchase and install machinery for small entrepreneurs.
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