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A system upgrade by the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) that has transferred business registration entirely online, has left businesses in the country stranded for months, unable to register and function properly.
The impact is huge for the country’s struggling small businesses, and Nigeria’s ease of doing business record.
The commission announced last December the upgrade of its online registration portal for businesses.
It said the upgrade would include features that allow the automation of key services and processes in line with the federal government’s effort to improve Nigeria’s ease of doing business.
But the exercise has instead slowed down registration for several months, leaving prospective registrants frustrated and causing a huge backlog of unattended cases.
By Emmanuel Acha
Enugu, March 9, 2021 The Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) has announced a remarkable improvement in the volume and value of Nigeria’s non-oil trade in the international market.
The Executive Director of NEPC, Mr Olusegun Awolowo, disclosed this on Tuesday, in Enugu, at a sensitisation workshop on ‘Export Facilitation Measures, Practices and Standards’.
Awolowo, who was represented by the Director, Trade Information, Mrs Evelyn Obisike, described the development as a fallout of the diversification reforms of the Federal Government, aimed at promoting non-oil trade.
He also said that the reforms in the sector had led to high demand for Nigerian products on the international market.
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The Presidency on Sunday unveiled 32 female government officials which it described as “The Buhari Women” to mark this year’s International Women’s Day.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, listed the women in a statement titled “Internation Women’s Day: See how President Buhari celebrates Nigerian women.”
Adesina described the 32 female officials that were listed as just a few of them.
“The celebration provides ample opportunity to reflect on how President Muhammadu Buhari honours the womenfolk.
“Here is a checklist of ‘The Buhari Women,’ just few of them.”