The Federal Government (FG) has expanded the Presidential
Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) meeting Tuesday, to be attended
by the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and the Chief Justice of the Federation,
Justice Walter Onnoghen, reports ITRealms.
Senior Special Assistant on Media & Publicity to the Vice
President, Mr. Laolu Akande, confirmed this to ITRealms, saying that in furtherance of
the Buhari administration’s ease of doing business reforms, to be chaired by Vice
President Yemi Osinbajo, considering new and specific initiatives to be
implemented over a 60-day period in the National Action Plan 2.0.
“It will be recalled that a previous 60-day National Action Plan
on Ease of Doing Business was approved on February 21, 2017, and contained
initiatives and actions implemented by responsible Ministries, Departments and
Agencies (MDAs), the National Assembly, the Governments of Lagos and Kano states,
as well as some private sector stakeholders,” he said.
Akande also said that the expanded PEBEC meeting, would be attended
by the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, and Kano State Governor,
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as well as the Acting Director-General of the
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control, who was invited to the
session, based on stakeholder feedback.
PEBEC, ITRealms gathered
was inaugurated in 2016 by President Muhammadu Buhari, comprising 10 serving
Ministers, with the Honourable Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr.
Okey Enelamah, as Vice Chair, along with the Head of Service, the Central Bank
Governor, representatives of the National Assembly, Lagos and Kano States, and
the private sector.
Recently, the Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
(EBES) of the PEBEC released the 2016/2017 Reform Update document at the 5th
Presidential Quarterly Business Forum held in Abuja on September 11, where the
role of regulators as business facilitators was further discussed. This event
was chaired by Prof. Osinbajo, and attended by ministers and Heads of Agencies,
as well as leading companies in the private sector.
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