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Entrepreneurs were given the opportunity to showcase their goods across Trinidad and Tobago for the Christmas season, according to Kadijah Ameen, Minister of Local Government. She spoke to Guardian Media on Friday as her ministry launched its Tinsel and Tidings – Chaguanas Edition on the compound of the Ministry of Agriculture at Narsaloo Ramaya Road.
Ameen said local economic development is an integral part of stimulating the economy. “The pop-up market allows us in local government under our newly formed LED unit (Local Economic Development) to get artisans, caterers and so on from different parts of the country to come and showcase their wares, to meet new clients and to have economic opportunities.”
She added that the three-day pop-up market attracted a large number of micro-entrepreneurs to the event and noted that similar events are planned in other regions. “The regional corporations would be collaborating with us, our LED officers,” Ameen said. “It is up to the regional bodies to decide what they would want to promote.”
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