Mori says reappointment is vote of confidence

WERA Mori says his reappointment as Commerce and Industry Minister is a vote of confidence by the new government.
Mori said he had an important task to ensure that the government’s vision of economic recovery was driven for the people’s benefit.
“We now have the opportunity whereby we can convert the opportunities we have arising from the expectations from our resources of both extractive and non-extractive industries for the benefit of our people,” Mori said.
“I have a big task and responsibility to drive the government’s Small-to-Medium Enterprise (SME) programme in this country.
“When the SME policy was introduced in 2016, we simply didn’t have a platform,” he said.
Mori said one of the models that would help drive the SMEs was through cooperatives.
“We use the cooperative model.
“We get landowners of plantation land to cooperate and farm blocks.
“They are anchored by one or two processors and exporters.”
Mori said the model would see plantations become productive again while allowing landowners to participate directly in the revenue generating activity.