The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr Jumoke Oduwole, disclosed this at a virtual meeting with Special Economic Zones stakeholders in September, as the government moves to modernise the regulatory framework governing the zones and strengthen their contribution to investment and non-oil exports.
Under the initiative, the government plans to create an enabling environment for Nigerian technology, finance and service businesses to raise capital from international markets while retaining their companies, intellectual property and economic value in Nigeria.
Tinubu appoints Eyitope Kola-Oyeneyin and Muhammad Hadi Mutallab as chairpersons of the governing boards of NIPC and NEPZA.
The federal government describes the appointments as non-political, saying they are aimed at strengthening institutional governance and strategic oversight.
Kola-Oyeneyin...
October 10, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has reaffirmed the enforcement of its 10-year ban on strikes and lockouts within Free Trade Zones (FTZs).
This is coming on the heels of the recent tensions between the...
October 09, (THEWILL) — The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says its law enforces a 10-year ban on industrial strikes and lockouts in the Free Trade Zones.
The Managing Director of the Authority, Olufemi Ogunyemi, provided clarification in reaction...
October 10, (THEWILL) – President Bola Tinubu has congratulated the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export Processing Zone Authority (NEPZA), Olufemi Ogunyemi, on his election to the Board of the World Free Zone Organisation (WFZO).
The President...
To evaluate President Bola Tinubu's stewardship fairly, one must first confront the catastrophic baseline from which this administration began exercising its mandate.