NUTM’ll position Nigeria, Africa for competitiveness in the 21st century— Enelamah
Board member and former Minister of Trade, Commerce and Investment, Dr Okechukwu Enelamah has given insights on the primary target of the emerging Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM). Speaking at the First Board Meeting/Fund Raising dinner in aid…
Lagos Trade Fair investors reject re-concession plot, seek takeover of remaining 25%
Following recent move by the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), through the National Council on Privatisation (NCP) to re-concession the Lagos International Trade fair complex on Badagry Expressway, consortium of traders currently occupying the complex on different long lease agreements…
How Ghana cornered VW plant with new procurement policy for assembled cars
Government of Ghana may have outsmarted Nigeria in the stiff contest for the mega West African vehicles assembly plant proposed by German auto group, Volkswagen. Investigations by Business Hilights showed that whereas Nigeria is among the four nations where the…
BPE targets N300b from concession of LITFC, others to fund last lap of 2018 Budget
…Set to announce bid winner for complex next month The Director-General of Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), Dr Alex Okoh, yesterday in Lagos gave update on the activities of the agency, saying the agency is about to raise over N300…
(Special Report) Concession of Lagos Trade Fair complex: odds favour LCCI but…
…Fight by current tenants may be deadly not minding FG’s indemnity pledge Another rather more complicated round of bidding is underway for the re-concessioning of the Lagos International Trade Fair Complex (LITFC) on Lagos-Badagry Expressway. Several veiled firms and the…
BHIU observes design errors in FG’s new investors’ guide portal, ICT missing
The number of design and grammatical errors observed on the iGuide Nigeria (http://theiguides.org), a federal government’s up-to-date online portal, containing necessary information and relevant data for willing investors unveiled last have been identified by Business Hilights Intelligence Unit (BHIU). The…
UN, Nigeria on different pages at implementing CFTA regime
Whereas the United Nations on Monday called on the Federal Government and other countries on the African continent to fast-track the implementation of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA), the federal government has given reason why it may not be…
FG unveils roadmap to deliver 18,000km fibre optic, others
The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has revealed that part of the new drive to boost industrialization and anti-dumping mechanism will be to deliver 18,000 kilometres of fibre optic to improve broadband penetration and strategic power…
FG steps up diversification, plans 327,000-tonne iron, steel plant in Ogun State
Though the minister was very economical with words on the current status of the crisis and reconciliation efforts of the federal government on the moribund Ajaokuta and Delta Steel mills, Dr. Okechukwu Enelamah, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment…
Can ease of doing business thrive when contacts on MDAs websites don’t work?
A scenario of not matching actions with words seems to be playing out at the level of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the ongoing drive to deepen ease of doing business being championed by the federal government. According to…
