Reform Intervention To Improve Ease Of Doing Business In Nigeria

The Enabling Business Environment Secretariat (EBES), under the aegis of the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), recently organized a stakeholders meeting to sensitize the public on ongoing economic reforms. This follows the set-up of PEBEC by President Muhammad Buhari with the mandate of making Nigeria an easier place to do business.

PEBEC's short term target is to improve Nigeria's rankings in the next World Bank Ease of Doing Business Report by at least 20 positions. This implies that Nigeria's ranking must move from its current position of 169 to less than 150 out of 190 countries reviewed by the World Bank. In the long run, PEBEC aims to ensure Nigeria ranks within the top 100 countries by 2019.