Katsina State Governor, Mallam Dikko Umaru Radda, has restated his commitment to helping the Katsina State Enterprises Development Agency, KASEDA, to achieve its core mandate.
He gave the assurance at the closing ceremony of an “Enterprise Development Management Advancement Programme”, organized for KASEDA staff, in Kano.
The four-day training is part of the strategies adopted by the Radda Administration to ensure that KASEDA achieved success on the objective for which it was established.
Governor Radda, while delivering his remarks at the program, further emphasized the need for training and capacity building for KASEDA staff to empower them in advancing the fortunes of micro small and medium enterprises in the state.
He said with regular training and capacity building for KASEDA staff, the agency will become one of the top Enterprise Development Agencies across the country.
While commending the Director General of the agency for organizing the training, Malam Dikko Radda said the occasion has shown their commitment and desire to move KASEDA forward.
He charged the participants to take ownership of KASEDA, and not consider their jobs for earning salaries only, as they have been entrusted with running the affairs of the agency.
Radda also stressed the need for KASEDA staff to study how other relevant agencies are operating through visitation, with a view to understand their success stories and challenges, for them to take a lesson.
He maintained that knowledge is essential for any business to thrive, saying when the small and medium entrepreneurs have adequate knowledge of doing their business, they will be in a better position to use available capital for the development of their business.
During the training, resource persons presented lectures on entrepreneurship development and policy making.
Earlier, the Director General of KASEDA, Hajiya Aisha Aminu Malumfashi said Kano was chosen as venue of the training based on the history of the state in terms of trade.
She expressed appreciation over the support and cooperation the agency is receiving from Governor Radda and appealed for more, for the attainment of desired goals.
