President Muhammadu Buhari has commended the Kaduna State government for launching ease of doing business, saying the action reflects the understanding of the responsibilities of the sub-national actors in the quest for national rebirth.
The president said that his government was committed to the creation of a prosperous economy for the nation, and assured that his administration would continue to support the private sector to provide the investment to drive the economic growth. “That is why we launched presidential committee on the ease of doing business early in the life of this administration,” he pointed out.
Buhari, who stated this in his goodwill message sent to the two-day Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit (KADInvest 2.0) held at Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Hall, Kaduna, said his government considered as urgent priority the creation of a prosperous economy where the talents of Nigerians would thrive with sustainable jobs and opportunities for the youth across the country.
The Kaduna Economic and Investment Summit (KADInvest) was introduced last year by Governor Nasir el-Rufai and this year’s summit is the second in the series since his coming on board as governor.
The mandate, according to him, is to simplify the processes and procedures for starting and running a business so that the cobwebs of archaic bureaucratic and administrative tradition do not stifle initiative and exacerbate the cost of doing business
“If we succeed in making our state governments adept at attracting investments, creating jobs, providing infrastructures and delivering much needed public goods like education, health and potable water, then we would have delivered a country that works for all our citizens”, he said.
Buhari, however expressed hope that, KADInvest 2.0 with the theme ‘Making Kaduna the investment destination of choice’ would result in a reliable partnership that could promote economic prosperity for people of Kaduna and Nigeria at large.