Sterling Bank Plc in collaborations with Lagos Chapter of the Nigerian Association of Small & Medium Enterprises (NASME) will from today kick off a three-day Micro, Small, Medium Enterprises (MSME) workshop for members of the association. The workshop is scheduled to hold at the Federal Institute for Industrial Research (FIIRO) Oshodi, Lagos.
The bank had organised similar workshops in Port Harcourt and Kaduna for MSME operators as part of its nationwide workshop to empower MSMEs. The next workshop will hold in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
NASME was registered in 1996 as a Business Membership Organisation (BMO) to co-ordinate and promote the growth and development of the MSME sector of the economy, and has pursued its objective through strategic collaborations with institution such as Sterling Bank Plc.
The bank in a statement said the workshop would provide participants with the opportunity to fully appreciate the concept of entrepreneurship and better position them to improve their managerial capacity in the areas of risk management and profit maximisation.
“It will also cover Basic Accounting Skills, Customer Service and Team Building, Sales and Marketing, Essentials of Business Plans and Human Resources Management, among others,” the bank added.
The Executive Director, Finance & Strategy of the bank, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman announced at a press conference earlier in the year that the Bank would be anchoring a series of workshops for MSME operators in various states nationwide.