{"id":10971,"date":"2026-02-10T03:56:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=10971"},"modified":"2026-02-10T03:57:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T03:57:49","slug":"inclusive-growth-in-action-empowering-deaf-entrepreneurs-and-nano-businesses-in-enugu-state-enugu-sme-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2026\/02\/10\/inclusive-growth-in-action-empowering-deaf-entrepreneurs-and-nano-businesses-in-enugu-state-enugu-sme-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Inclusive Growth in Action: Empowering Deaf Entrepreneurs, Nano Businesses in Enugu State- Enugu SME Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In his bid to improve the economic fortune of the people of Enugu state,the state governor,<br \/>\nDr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has continued to demonstrate that economic growth must be inclusive, deliberate, and people-centred.<\/p>\n<p>As part of activities marking Deaf Awareness Week, the Enugu State Government, through the Enugu MSME &#038; Startup Agency (Enugu SME Center), engaged deaf entrepreneurs and nano-business owners to reaffirm the administration\u2019s commitment to ensuring that persons with disabilities (PWDs) are fully integrated into the State\u2019s MSME and job-creation agenda.<\/p>\n<p>This engagement underscores a clear policy position: no group is left behind. From skills development and enterprise support to access to opportunities, Enugu State is building an economy where every entrepreneur \u2014 including deaf and hard-of-hearing business owners \u2014 can participate, grow, and prosper.<\/p>\n<p>Governor\u2019s vision remains steadfast: a productive economy that works for all, where inclusion is not symbolic, but practical and measurable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his bid to improve the economic fortune of the people of Enugu state,the state governor, Dr Peter Ndubuisi Mbah, has continued to demonstrate that economic growth must be inclusive, deliberate, and people-centred. As part of activities marking Deaf Awareness Week, the Enugu State Government, through the Enugu MSME &#038; Startup Agency (Enugu SME Center), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,2862,1332],"class_list":["post-10971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-economy","tag-economy","tag-productive","tag-steadfast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10971"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10974,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10971\/revisions\/10974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}