The five states which were presented with award by the Vice President at the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) Awards 2019 at the Old Banquet Hall of the Presidential Villa Abuja are Kaduna, Enugu, Lagos, Abia, and Anambra.


Piles of monitor lizard being smoked in drums are seen at the Baga fish market in Maiduguri on July 31, 2017.
The fish trade in Borno State has long been a lucrative industry but has suffered heavily under the insurgency of Boko Haram and more recently new taxation from authorities on the transport of fish to the markets in Maiduguri causing fish prices to soar. / AFP PHOTO /

This is as the senate and the House of Representatives also bagged award at the event for enacting laws on Company and Allied Matters Act to create good atmosphere in doing business in the country.
Speaking at the occasion, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said, “Osinbajo said “It is really a pleasure to be here this evening to celebrate the phenomenal successes of the PEBEC reforms but more importantly to recognize specially some of those who made it all possible.

“Our incredibly selfless and committed private sector partners and the sterling performance of many in the public sector .In the past three years, Nigeria has implemented more than 140 reforms to make doing business in Nigeria easier.

“Some of the successful reforms include the ability to: reserve a business name within 4-hours, complete the registration of a company within 24 hours online, apply for and receive approval of a visa-on-arrival electronically within 48hrs.

” File and pay taxes online; and, Access specialised small claims commercial courts in Lagos and Kano, The World Bank also reported in 2018 that 32 states of Nigeria improved their Ease of doing business environment led by Kaduna, Enugu, Abia, Lagos and Anambra

“In 2019, PEBEC set a goal to move Nigeria into the top-100 on the 2020 World Bank Doing Business Index (DBI). To achieve this, we will be pursuing the continued implementation reforms across all indicators, including

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