All is set for the ninth Lagos Corporate Assembly, a periodic engagement session tagged ‘BOS Meets with Business Community’, where Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu will engage with leaders of the organised private sector to discuss key business-related issues such as infrastructure development, business regulations, MSME challenges, taxes, revenue, security, transportation, traffic management, and technology.
The event, scheduled for today, Monday, July 8, at Eko Hotel & Suites in Victoria Island, is themed ‘Unpacking Barriers to Ease of Doing Business, Accelerating Business Growth’.
Notable speakers include the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Dr. Olayemi Cardoso; Special Adviser to the President on Ease of Doing Business and Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), Dr. Jumoke Oduwole; Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, and Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. Ifeanyi Okeke.
Others include the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji; Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Adewale Adeniyi and Chairman of Conference 57 in Lagos State, Kolade Alabi.
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Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperative, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Folashade Ambrose-Medebem said this edition is a fulfilment of Governor Sanwo-Olu’s promise at the last edition to dedicate the upcoming ones to unpacking the challenges that organisations doing business in Lagos encounter with sovereign institutions of the federal government.
“Part of the strategic intents of this edition is to see how issues around multiple taxation, levies, infrastructure challenges, and regulatory burdens can be transparently discussed,” she noted.
Mrs. Ambrose-Medebem also said the assembly provides a platform to present and address challenges relating to doing business in Lagos, with clear directives often given to the responsible MDAs for their resolution. This approach, she noted, has made the assembly a vital tool for enhancing cooperation and problem-solving between the government and the business community.
The commissioner restated the government’s commitment to improving the ease of doing business, even amid the global economic challenges.
She added: “As a responsive and responsible government, the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration recognises that ease of doing business is key to economic growth and development, and we are working assiduously towards improving this daily, through the implementation of various forms of reforms.
“Over the years, we have prioritised the provision of a friendly environment that would support existing businesses while attracting more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI).”