The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) has intensified efforts to deepen business environment reforms across Nigeria’s states, with a renewed focus on digitalisation, accountability and restoring public confidence in government initiatives.
Zahrah Audu, director-general of PEBEC, speaking during a Nationwide Town Hall and State Engagement Tour in Benin City, said the council’s second nationwide engagement was designed to strengthen ease-of-doing-business reforms at subnational levels and ensure sustainability across administrations.
Audu said previous reform initiatives often struggled to achieve long-term impact because implementation weakened after leadership transitions in many states, resulting in recurring challenges.
“What we have discovered over time is that many of these initiatives are not sustained, and the same issues continue to emerge across states,” she said.
She explained that the current exercise differs from previous engagements by combining technical sessions for government officials with direct interaction between state governments and private sector stakeholders.
According to her,
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