Former treasurer and also former Vice-President of the World Bank, Dr Arunma Oteh, (2015 – 2018), says Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are capable of bailing Nigeria out of its multi-dimensional challenges.
Mrs Oteh made the declaration on Monday in Abuja in a lecture she delivered at the celebration of youth entrepreneurs empowered by an indigenous upstream oil and gas company, Seplat Energy Plc.
The lecture was titled: “Unleashing Nigeria’s Untapped Potential through Entrepreneurship and Sustainability.’’
She noted that any country that placed value on its SMEs and entrepreneurship already understood the formula for future successes.
She said Nigeria had lots of entrepreneurs that could be used to solve her multi-dimensional poverty and challenges.
She observed that entrepreneurs found solutions where others saw trouble, just as they are creative, innovative, tenacious, and problem solvers.
Mrs Oteh also said that Nigeria needed to surmount challenges faced by SMEs, which…
