Buhari sets up commission on ease of doing business

Federal Government has again emphasized the need for ease of doing business in the country just as President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the formation of a Presidential Commission on the matter, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN.

“President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a high-powered commission to work on the issues around the ease of doing business in the country,” the Vice President announced while presiding over the first Quarterly Consultation between the presidency and the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, last weekend.

Senior Special Assistant, to the vice president on Media And Publicity, Laolu Akande quoted Prof. Osinbajo as saying that “the commission will have a secretariat to be headed by a private sector professional,” who will be appointed to lead the secretariat of the presidential commission that will now pay even greater attention and focus to the issues of doing business in the country.

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At the consultation MAN  raised among many concerns, their worries about cases of multiple taxation, and in response the Vice President promised to follow -up on the matter, adding that “one of the key issues the presidential commission which I am heading would be  looking at is the case of multiple taxation.”

He added that this is also an issue that the Ministry of Trade and Investment is also actively engaged with.

At the end of the meeting, the President of MAN, Dr. Frank Udemba Jacobs, while speaking with State House Correspondents expressed concern about the acts of vandalism regarding the nation’s oil and gas installations describing such as economic sabotage.

He called on the militants to join hands with government and move the country forward. The MAN president stated that diversification of the economy is the best way to go now given what is happening internationally.

 

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