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Monday, March 16, 2020 / 4:05 PM / Bukola Akinyele for WebTV / Header Image Credit:
As part of efforts to improve the business environment
in Nigeria and promote industry, the Presidential Enabling Business Environment
Council, PEBEC will give priority to the Agribusiness, Creative Industry, Tech
and Light Manufacturing sectors in 2020. The Secretary of PEBEC and Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Trade and Investments, Dr. Jumoke
Oduwole, disclosed this at the 3rd edition of the PEBEC Awards
event.
Oduwole noted that the support to the aforementioned
sectors would help unlock economic opportunities and encourage
entrepreneurship.
According to her Nigeria remained committed to staying
among the top 100 countries for Doing Business on the Globe in 2020.
Speaking further she acknowledged the fact that at the
sub-national level there has been remarkable reforms in the Ease of Doing
Business in about 32 states of the federation.
Dr. Oduwole also informed stakeholders that as part of
its engagement process across the country, PEBEC carried out a lithuation tour
to deepen the conversation on enabling the business environment.
Anchored on the acronym "L.I.T" which means Listen,
Implement, Track, the tour covered Imo State(South-East), Ekiti State
(South-West), Akwa Ibom (South-South) and Kwara State (North-Central).
In 2020 she said PEBEC plans to cover the following
additional states Kano, Jigawa and Bauchi.
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