FIC Report (Taraba State) – The Presidential Enabling Business Council (PEBEC)held its Town Hall Meeting in Jalingo Taraba State as part of its assigned Nationwide Tour across the 36 States and the Federal Capital Territory with sole aimed at improving the ease of doing business across the country.
The event held at Fast Track; Conference Hall Jalingo formed part of the ongoing Nationwide Tour target at extending Subnational participations of the State Action on Business Enabling Reforms (SABER)
The.Programme was divided into two sessions; Technical Session with the Government officials and PEBEC Team with Private Sectors. The Technical Session with the Taraba State officials attended amongst them were the Commissioner of Finance, Commissioner of Agriculture, Commissioner of Justice and the representative of the State Internal Revenue Service.
Presenting the welcome address at the technical session; the PEBEC Team leader. Aida Oluwagbemiga said, the National Tour is aimed at interacting and discussing with stakeholders in the state targets at promoting ease of doing small, medium businesses for both foreign and domestic investors to invest in the country in accordance with the National Administrative guidelines.
Aida Oluwagbemiga provided a comprehensive overview of the State Action Business Reforms (SABER) Program and its implementation.
She reiterates the significant of group learning, stakeholders dialogue, and increasing awareness campaign at the State level targets to achieve modalities for performance.
Taraba State Governor, Dr.Agbu Kefas who represented by the Hon. Commissioner for Justice Barr. Yakubu Maikasuwa (SAN) Said, Taraba State Government has so far provided conducive Business environment for both tourist, private and small scale entrepreneurs in the State.
According to Hon. Yakubu Maikasuwa (SAN) Government has worked on the state security, which is the first important enabler in business. He added that, the state has successfully obtained its developmental Master Plan for the State and Local Government Areas which will enormously helps in actualizing the target for every scope of business.
Meanwhile, questions and answers were raised concerning the awareness creation innovation in revenue generations of small scale entrepreneur in the state where the precise answers were provided and it satisfied all curiosities.
Signed
Jibrin Hussaini
Prin. Information officer
Federal Information Centre, Jalingo, Taraba State
