Theresa May’s Visit: Nigeria Committed To Ease of Doing Business – Adeosun

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has urged investors from
the United Kingdom to take advantage of the improved business
environment in Nigeria to invest in key sectors of the economy.

She gave the advice at a meeting with members of the business
delegation of the visiting British Prime Minister, Theresa May. The
minister said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had
taken a bold step in creating an enabling business environment for
attracting investments, through the establishment of the
Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC.

She expressed the commitment of the Federal Government to
further improve on the business environment and sustain existing
reforms to consolidate the gains of the economy through the
deepening of the sub-national Ease of Doing Business project.

She said: “There are lots of business opportunities in Nigeria
and the government is addressing assiduously the impediments to
ease of doing business in Nigeria.” “This will make it easier for
businesses to grow and contribute to sustainable economic activity
in the country as well as create jobs,” Adeosun said.

The Minister also canvassed the need for the deepening of the
Nigerian capital market with specific products that can be
channeled towards infrastructure financing. This, according to her,
will ensure the capital market plays a pivotal role in stimulating
the economy. She added, “We can’t have enough capital to finance
infrastructure development. Deepening the capital market is key to
the funding of infrastructure in Nigeria.”

“There are lots of business opportunities in Nigeria and
the government is addressing assiduously the impediments to ease of
doing business in Nigeria.” “This will make it easier for
businesses to grow and contribute to sustainable economic activity
in the country as well as create jobs,”

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola,
who commended the support provided by the Department for
International Development, DFID and UKAID, called for more business
partnerships between Nigeria and Britain.

The British Minister for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, in her
remarks, lauded the trade relations between Britain and Nigeria,
adding that more business partnerships would be announced by the
visiting Prime Minister. “We are already partnering with Nigeria in
the area of green financing.

The Prime Minister has announced new partnerships with the
Nigerian Government worth 70 million British pounds which are
expected to create over 100,000 jobs in the country,” she said. She
added that the UK’s bilateral trade relationship with Nigeria was
currently worth £4.2bn per annum.

Minister of Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, has urged investors from
the United Kingdom to take advantage of the improved business
environment in Nigeria to invest in key sectors of the economy.

She gave the advice at a meeting with members of the business
delegation of the visiting British Prime Minister, Theresa May. The
minister said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari had
taken a bold step in creating an enabling business environment for
attracting investments, through the establishment of the
Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, PEBEC.

She expressed the commitment of the Federal Government to
further improve on the business environment and sustain existing
reforms to consolidate the gains of the economy through the
deepening of the sub-national Ease of Doing Business project.

She said: “There are lots of business opportunities in Nigeria
and the government is addressing assiduously the impediments to
ease of doing business in Nigeria.” “This will make it easier for
businesses to grow and contribute to sustainable economic activity
in the country as well as create jobs,” Adeosun said.

The Minister also canvassed the need for the deepening of the
Nigerian capital market with specific products that can be
channeled towards infrastructure financing. This, according to her,
will ensure the capital market plays a pivotal role in stimulating
the economy. She added, “We can’t have enough capital to finance
infrastructure development. Deepening the capital market is key to
the funding of infrastructure in Nigeria.”

“There are lots of business opportunities in Nigeria and
the government is addressing assiduously the impediments to ease of
doing business in Nigeria.” “This will make it easier for
businesses to grow and contribute to sustainable economic activity
in the country as well as create jobs,”

The Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola,
who commended the support provided by the Department for
International Development, DFID and UKAID, called for more business
partnerships between Nigeria and Britain.

The British Minister for Africa, Harriet Baldwin, in her
remarks, lauded the trade relations between Britain and Nigeria,
adding that more business partnerships would be announced by the
visiting Prime Minister. “We are already partnering with Nigeria in
the area of green financing.

The Prime Minister has announced new partnerships with the
Nigerian Government worth 70 million British pounds which are
expected to create over 100,000 jobs in the country,” she said. She
added that the UK’s bilateral trade relationship with Nigeria was
currently worth £4.2bn per annum.