Kaduna State Ministry of Business Innovation and Technology, MBIT, has registered about 17,000 businesses.
Commissioner of MBIT, Mrs Patience Fakai, disclosed this yesterday in Kaduna after a sensitisation walk within the metropolis to enlighten owners on the need to register their businesses.
Fakai emphasised that as a state, there is the need for a comprehensive data bank of all businesses.
She explained that the essence was to have data which could be used in assisting businesses on different programmes to make them financially inclusive in the state.
Fakai said the ministry had to an extent, done well in registering businesses, but need to do more.
This, she said, made it to step out for sensitisation rather than sit in the office to wait for businesses to come and register.
“It is our duty to enlighten business owners on the need and importance of registering their businesses with us. A lot of them might not know the benefit prior to this bold step,”she said.
The commissioner mentioned some of the benefits that the businesses would derive to include networking, being financially included in many programmes rolled out at the federal level.
Fakai equally said residents and visitors to Kaduna would be able to have a proper directory of businesses.
She called on residents to register their businesses for long term benefits.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that the business enumeration exercise is currently collaborating with Osoft Intergrated Resources Limited. (NAN)
