{"id":39580,"date":"2019-07-18T09:06:29","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/cregital\/disha\/2019\/07\/18\/nbs-smedan-national-survey-on-micro-small-and-medium-enterprises-msmes-2017\/"},"modified":"2019-07-18T09:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T09:06:29","slug":"nbs-smedan-national-survey-on-micro-small-and-medium-enterprises-msmes-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/msmehub.org\/staging\/6671\/nbs-smedan-national-survey-on-micro-small-and-medium-enterprises-msmes-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"NBS\/ SMEDAN National Survey on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MSMEs operating in Nigeria are not immune to the typical challenges of their peers, especially in other developing climes. Typically, most countries provide assistance to grow MSMEs because of the crucial role they have come to play in economic growth and development and Nigeria is not left out. 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