Mariam Yalwaji Katagum
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Mariam Yalwaji Katagum (born November 18, 1954, Azare, Bauchi State), serves as Nigeria's Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment.
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[edit]- I do not need to remind you that the key priority area of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has been tackling of poverty and job creation.
- I am aware that apart from this commissioning ceremony here today, the ITF is set to commission the Katsina Area Office complex, Lagos Island Area Office and the ITF E-Library Complex, Central Stores and Classroom Blocks in Jos.
- The agency has graduated over 11,100 Nigerians nationwide under its flagship skills intervention programme (NISDP), convoked over 300 graduates of National Innovative Diploma (NID) and National Institute of Technical Education Certificate (NITEC) at the MSTC, Abuja.
- The main objective of the MSME Survival Fund is to sustain the livelihoods of vulnerable MSMEs and self-employed individuals mostly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since inception, the fund has impacted about 1.2 million beneficiaries across the five tracks of the fund in order to cushion the effects of the hardship, ensure sustainable production and minimise job losses.
- The recent ad hoc committee on agro-exports set up by the vice president under PEBEC recommendations are currently being implemented under the National Action Plan (NAP) 7.0, as well as the strengthening and expansion of the National Agric and Agro-Products Development Initiative (NAADI) offices throughout the federation.
- Nigerian women form a very important constituent of President Buhari’s administration and reaffirmed that women in businesses were allocated 45 percent in the MSMEs Survival Fund Scheme to cushion the effects of COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses.