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FG Approves Free Trade Zone For Ekiti State

The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had approved the Ekiti Knowledge Zone (EKZ) as a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) as part of its current efforts to create more jobs, improve the performance of the non-oil sector of the nation’s economy and by so doing, enhancing the nation’s  foreign exchange (FX) earnings. The Special […]

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Presidency Clarifies Special Economic Zones’ Creation Plan

The Presidency on Monday made clarifications on why the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration mulled the plans to establish  the Special Economic Zones in the country as part of its efforts to fast-track Nigeria’s industrial development. The clarification came on the heels of recent misrepresentation about the purpose of the zones being peddled in the public, […]