President Muhammadu Buhari has promised the international
community of ease of doing business in Nigeria, just as the country will be
among top 100 nations in the next three years, reports ITRealms.
Speaking in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday, President Muhammadu
Buhari said, Nigeria will be one of the most attractive and easiest places of
doing business in the world by year 2019.
Buhari who made this disclosure while in a session on
"Dialogue with the Private Sector" at the sixth Tokyo International
Conference for African Development (TICAD VI), said his administration is
implementing policies and measures to create right and enabling environment for
business and investors in Nigeria.
ITRealms recalls that Nigeria is currently ranked 169 out of
189 countries by the World Bank, according to the Bank's 2016 Ease of Doing
Business report.
The session attended by several African leaders, ITRealms gathered included Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and international business
executives, Buhari told participants that his administration’s vision and
objective is to make Nigeria one of the top investment destinations in the
world, within the shortest possible time.
“We believe government has a particular responsibility to
create right and attractive environment for businesses and economic activities
to thrive. In furtherance of this vision, we have launched the Presidential
Enabling Environment Council (PEEC) and Inter-Ministerial Council to oversee
the efforts of government to remove various bottlenecks that stifle businesses
and economic activities and thereby create economic activities and the right
enabling environment and investment climate in Nigeria.
According to the Senior Special Adviser (SSA) to the
President on Media & Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in a press statement made
available to ITRealms, the secretariat of PEEC, Buhari was quoted as sayings,
will include strong private sector representation that would be led by
experienced business professionals from the private sector.
‘‘We are committed to moving up the ranking of the World
Bank’s ease of doing business index 20 places in first year and be in the top
100 within the next 3 years,’’ the President said.
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