 Na kwa, kwa kimi uis cargo na uwaku wa mga mwinebu na mwinaima faqutumu mozitebu kili, kwa mwinebu kili EMSME, na kwa kimi wafutu muzitebu kili, kwa kimi waka mwinebu na kwa mwinebu na kwa mwinebu, kwa mwinebu na kwa mwinebu na megwa kili. Mjisha kutulapu kili, sengilapu kili Mohamadu Buhari niwomuGo, who has made MSMEs a priority for his administration because they are an engine of growth for the economy and because they account for almost half of national income and three quarters of the jobs created in our country. Given our determination to support our countrymen and women who run small businesses, we have held MSME clinics in at least 28 states of the federation. The MSME clinic is an opportunity for small businesses to meet with regulatory agencies such as NAVDAC, the Corporate Affairs Commission, the SON, SMEDEN, Bank of Industry, etc. so that they can get to know what the problems of small businesses in this state are and the small businesses themselves can benefit from the advice and in some cases the help of some of these regulatory agencies. We have explained to the regulatory agencies that they are meant to be facilitators of business, facilitators of trade, not obstacles to trade, which is why we bring them to every state where we have an MSME clinic so that they can interact with the businesses themselves. In the course of running the clinics, we noticed that in addition to their request for a more friendly regulatory environment, MSMEs also wanted to be supported in terms of production facilities which were lacking or too expensive. And this is how the idea of supporting MSMEs by providing at least one shared facility in every state of the federation came up. This is also why the president approved the shared facilities scheme for MSMEs as part of the MSME clinics program. And I would like to spend a bit of time explaining the whole concept of shared facilities. A shared facility is a place where the government provides various equipments and machines for a particular type of trade. These are usually very expensive industrial type equipment and machines. They are usually too expensive for any small business to buy. So what government does is that it invests in buying the equipment and in providing the space for the facility. And that facility is located in an area where there is a cluster of that trade or business or a place where there are many people who are engaged in the particular trade or business. The idea is that such people can then have access to the use of the machines and equipment in that facility. In this way, government assists many people involved in the same trade with machines and equipment that they would not otherwise have been able to buy themselves. To do this, the federal government partners with interested states, the Bank of Industry, Nexim Bank and the private sector, and the particular trade or business to be supported is chosen in collaboration with the state government and relevant MSME stakeholders. In 2021 alone, work has commenced on the development of 10 such facilities across the states of the federation to complement those previously commissioned in Anambra, in Benway and Lagos. In Benway state, we built a 200,000 capacity YAM storage facility at the Zaki BM International YAM market, which is the largest YAM market in Africa and possibly in the world. In Lagos state, we built a co-MSME Fashion Hub 1 around Allen Avenue, which services about 300 tailors and fashion designers daily. The Anambra state facility is in Obunike Oyi. It's a shoemaking facility with industrial equipment and machines within close proximity of the Anambra Shoemaker's Cluster. The Addo State Facility is a woodwork, cabin tree and cabinet making facility located within the Addo Production Center in Benin City and whereby the grace of God opening that center in Addo State on Friday the 17th, which is this Friday 2021. There is also the Carduna State Facility is located within the Soba Tomato Cluster and the Soba Local Government Area of the state The manufacturing of specialized machinery for tomato paste production is ongoing and is expected to be commissioned within the first quarter of 2022. We have a Kaby State Facility located in Benin Kaby also in Kaby State. The facility will provide two lines of rice milling machinery to assist rice farmers, to also mill their rice and benefit more from the rice production value chain. Equipment manufacturer has also been completed with the facility expected to be commissioned in the first quarter of 2022. The Okun State also has a shared facility. This is to be located within the popular Adirai Market in Apelkuta in Okun State at the request of the state government. Under the scheme works on upgrade of internal infrastructure will commence in January of 2022 and is expected to be completed in April 2022. Eboni also has a facility located within the Uburu Industrial Cluster in Uburu, Eboni State. Machines have been produced for the production of various types of footwear and leatherworks for shoemakers in Eboni State. Kano also, the Kano Metropolis of the state where we have a shared facility for various types of footwear and leatherworks for shoemakers in the state. Katsina State also has a facility for tomato farmers within the state and production of machinery is going on there. This facility in Katsina is expected to be commissioned also in the second quarter of 2022. So many other states. Ekiti State has a koko farmers facility and of course they are meant to process koko and koko flower and we expect that this facility will be commissioned also within the coming year. Bouchi State, so many states. Bouchi State has its own facility in Azari which is for ground knot provision, for ground knot processes. It's a modern ground knot oil milling plant and the facility is also expected to come on screen early next year. The facility that we just commissioned today about an hour and a half ago is the fourth to be commissioned in the country. It is a facility strategically located beside the Amakohia market considered to be one of the most important markets within the metropolis and of course is along the famous Orluru which is one of the most important commercial areas within the city. It's a well equipped facility for the shared use of those who are involved in the production of various garment wells and clothing items. It has special facilities that enable it to be a one stop garment production centre for end to end production of various types of clothing items. The facility comprises about 200 world class both manual and fully automated fashion equipment and it will provide service for 350 small businesses daily and 110,000 each year. It will enable fashion businesses it will enable fashion businesses within the Orwari metropolis and environs to carry out several tailoring activities including straight sewing, weaving, hemming, embroidery, monogramming, screen printing and heat. The monogramming facility is particularly important because it enables those who want to use the monogramming facilities either to make t-shirts or caps or face caps to be able to do several thousands in one day. These facilities are not available in most parts of the country and many of them have made available here. The idea is to improve the quality of locally made clothing items improve household income for local tailors and create jobs and create access to high quality and modern machines. I think that it will also improve the contribution of tailors to the revenue of the local and state and federal governments as a whole because let me commend his excellency the governor of Imo State and his team for their commitment to improving lives and opportunities available to the good people of the state. This partnership with the federal government is an excellent example of the way that a state government should work jointly with the federal government in order to benefit the people of the state. The federal government and federal resources belong to all Nigerians. Each state is entitled to seek partnership with the federal government to better the fortunes of their own people. In April I was here to commission several road projects including the famous three kilometer long Digtiger Road a road covering a road covering more than 10 streets including the Digtiger Street itself and its commissioning solved the problems of flooding in that neighborhood. Only a few weeks before I came the president commissioned virtually two major road projects the World Bank to federal secretariat road and the Azumta to General Hospital to Potakot Road. In September the president came personally to commission some roads in this state. Of course since then there have been several commissioning of infrastructure projects. This is the value of good purposeful government. The only way to provide good jobs and a decent standard of living for our people is by providing good infrastructure to enable them to do their work and to run their businesses unhindered. This aligns with Mr. President's own belief that the building of roads, rail, power, digital technology and other infrastructure assets must be the first priority for economic development and in this we have no choice. Africa's largest economy can only provide opportunities for its huge population if it runs on modern infrastructure and this is why the president has prioritized infrastructural development and has brought some key projects under special funding arrangements. For example the Second Niger Bridge the Lagos Ibadno Expressway the Abuja Kano Roads are all under these are all these are all under the presidential the special funding arrangement under the presidential infrastructure development fund. The funds are provided and managed by the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority. The federal government is focused on providing Nigeria with providing every Nigeria with good paying source of livelihood. This means providing a favorable environment to do business and a safe and secure environment and as we work assiduously towards this objective we call on you the great people of this state to stand with the state government and the federal government in achieving these objectives. This land on which we stand today is yours as Nigerians we have no other land to call our own we must never allow this land to become unruly ungovernable we must do our best to ensure peace this is the only way to eat of the bountiful fruits of this land this land that God has given us Your Excellencies Honored guests it is my very special pleasure therefore to officially hand over the fashion cluster the shared facility in the Amakohia local government Amakohia market to the chairman of the local government administration we have already commissioned it so we are now officially handing it over to him and it is also my special pleasure to officially open the emo state MSME clinic and the 29th national MSME clinic thank you very much God bless you