FG to rehabilitate industrial development centres

FG to rehabilitate industrial development centres
By Jude Aguguo Owuamanam, Owerri |
Published Date Nov 26, 2018
Daily Trust

The Director-General of the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria, Dikko Umaru Radda, has said that the Federal Government is in = the process of rehabilitating all the Industrial Development Centres (IDCs) across 23 states in the country.
Radda, speaking weekend in Owerri, while leading members of the Senate Committee on Industries on oversight functions, said that already the Federal Government had commissioned a study in collaboration with the African Development Bank (ADB) on how to rehabilitate the centres, the report of which had been submitted to government.

He said the private sector would be involved in the management of the centres, adding that the report was being studied after which modalities for the private sector would be spelt and advertised for interested investors.
He expressed regret at the dilapidated nature of the centres, stressing that most of the equipment were old and out of tune with the realities of the moment.

Earlier, chairman of the committee, Senator Sam Egwu, expressed dismay at the level of deterioration of facilities at the IDCs.