FG to introduce more policies that will ease process of doing business in Nigeria
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari on Monday said his administration will soon introduce more policies to further ease the process of doing business in Nigeria.
President Buhari, according to a statement by his SSA Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu stated this while speaking after a presentation at the Presidential Villa on enhancing Nigeria’s trade and economic competitiveness.
Mr President said that the new policies will be focused on increasing efficiency and transparency in government operations, and the blocking of leakages from revenue generating agencies.
President Buhari stated further that his administration was fully committed to closing all the loopholes in the revenue generating agencies, increasing their efficiency in trade facilitation and ensuring transparency in all government businesses so as to attract greater foreign direct investments into the country.
He added that the Nigeria Customs Service, Ministry of Trade and Investment, Ministry of Finance and other relevant agencies will be encouraged to adopt some of the positive ideas contained in the presentation for implementation next year.
A representative of the company that made the presentation, Mr. Lim Chee Boon, had told President Buhari that virtually all the countries that implemented its solutions have successfully reduced corruption in their import and export processes.
