The Minister
of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Okechukwu Enelamah, has frowned at the
unnecessary bureaucracy and bottlenecks enthroned by the Nigerian Customs
Service (NCS) in dealing with investors at the Calabar Free Trade Zone
(CFTZ).
According to guardian report the
minister, who was in Calabar on a one-day working visit to the CFTZ at the
weekend, said the first thing is to make life easier for investors in terms of
their operations, to ensure they are not unduly troubled.
Apparently
not happy with the manner the officers delayed opening of containers of
equipment for the country’s digital switchover belonging to Gospell Digital
despite presidential directives, Enelamah said this does not augur well for
business in the country.
He said:
“When I talk about presidential order on ease of doing business, it is all
about implementation. It is a culture of service that we need. As a people, we
are all guilty, in the sense that we have not had a culture of service to the
degree that we should, and I think as a country, we should change.”
On his part,
the Group Managing Director, Gospell Digital, Sir Godfrey Ohuabuma, expressed
happiness that the Minister witnessed the installation of the opening of the
$5m factory.
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