Abubakar Atiku Presidential Candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has promised that if elected President he will be pro-active in attracting investments and supporting the 50 million small and medium scale enterprises across Nigeria for the purpose of doubling the size of the Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product to US$900 billion by 2025.
Atiku said his administration will also help create jobs by innovating flagship programmes such as the National Open Apprenticeship Programme through which we shall enhance the capacity of Master-Craftsmen and women to train 1,000,000 new apprentices every year.
The former Vice President who made these promises while presenting his policy document also said the government under him would put in place National Innovation Fund and SME Venture Capital Fund initiatives to provide stable and sustainable long-term support to aspiring entrepreneurs.
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James Kwen, Abuja
