A female entrepreneur from Kebbi State, Sa’adatu Haruna Illo, won a brand new car and N500,000 cash after emerging as a winner in the Spices Manufacturing Category at the Third Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Awards in Abuja.
A statement by Kebbi State Governor, Abubakar Atiku Bagudu’s spokesman, Yahaya Sarki, indicated that the programme at which the state’s entrepreneur was a winner was held virtually.
According to Sarki, the governor, who participated in the programme, could not hide his happiness for a having an entrepreneur from the state attaining such height.
He described the choice of the programme for recognising young Nigerian entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 pandemic as apt, and said it would greatly enhance the socio-economic development of the country.