COVID-19: Abuja Chamber Institutes Survey To Determine Access To Business Funding

Oru Leonard

The Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) has started a survey to determine access to the COVID-19 support fund instituted by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

The Director of ACCI Policy Advocacy Centre, Mr Olawale Rasheed, disclosed this on Monday, April 13, 2020 in Abuja, which was contained in a statement signed by Mr Gena Lubem, The ACCI Media and Strategy Officer, adding that the survey which targets members of chambers of commerce across the country, has eight questions with a response time of less than five minutes.

Mr Rasheed said the initiative was to provide real time data on access to financial support for businesses during this coronavirus meltdown. “Government has good intention, but it is our duty as a business chamber to assess how accessible the facilities are for our members. The survey will provide data on how easy it is to meet the conditionalities as well as the extent of success in terms of beneficiaries.

“We will prepare a report which will also help the apex to review certain practices for better results”, Rasheed concluded.