Nigeria Will Be Among Top 100 Countries Of Profitable Bussiness By 2019-Buhari

The President, in a statement issued in
Abuja, was speaking at a plenary session on
"Dialogue with the Private Sector" at the
sixth Tokyo International Conference for
African Development (TICAD VI) in Nairobi.
According to him, his administration is
implementing policies and measures to
create right and enabling environment for
business and investors in Nigeria.
Nigeria is currently ranked 169 out of 189
countries by the World Bank, according to
the Bank's 2016 Ease of Doing Business
report.
President Buhari told the session ,attended
by several African leaders, Japan's Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe and international
business executives, that his
administration’s vision and objective was to
make Nigeria one of the top investment
destinations in the world, within the shortest
possible time.
``We believe government has a particular
responsibility to create right and attractive
environment for businesses and economic
activities to thrive.
``In furtherance of this vision, we have
launched the Presidential Enabling
Environment Council, PEEC and Inter-
Ministerial Council to oversee the efforts of
government to remove various bottlenecks
that stifle businesses and economic
activities.
``This will create economic activities and
the right enabling environment and
investment climate in Nigeria.
``The secretariat will include strong private
sector representation that would be led by
experienced business professionals from the
private sector,’’ he said.
The president maintained that his
administration was committed to moving up
Nigeria’s ranking of the World Bank’s ease
of doing business index 20 places in first
year and be in the top 100 within the next
three years.by Chibabynaija1