Covid-19: Bank of Industry’s impact on the informal sector
By Guardian Exclusive
25 March 2021 |
11:50 am
“The economy will recover and as it recovers from the effect of the pandemic, I do see a period of some growth,” Toyin Adeniji, Executive Director of the BOI said in a chat with GuardianTV. She said the country has had time to “build some business-friendly policies” that will make Micro Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) cluster.
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