Investor Presentaiton
S/N NAME OF COMPANY AND DETAILS COMPANY'S REQUEST
Apapa, Lagos
(Manufacturing, Construction, Imports (ii.) Importation of 100, 000 metric
& Contracting
17 OLAM Nigeria Ltd
tons of tomato puree for 18 months at
5% duty rate pending the take off
tomato puree manufacturing plant;
(iii) Pioneer Status
Renewal of duty concession for
importation of 100,000mt of brown rice
at concessional duty or waiver of rice
levy
5.9.2 2008 (5TH) NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INVESTMENT (NCI)
The 2008 (5th) NCI was successfully held at Bauchi, Bauchi State, from Monday
6th Thursday 9th October, 2008. As part of its recommendations, the
Conference:
(i)
(ii)
noted the increasing difficulties being faced by States IPAs in attaining
independent and autonomous status, which is required for successful
operation of an IPA. It therefore resolved that the Executive Secretary,
NIPC should intervene on behalf of these IPAs by having consultations
with their various State Governors with a view to enlightening them
on the strategic roles IPAs play in their quest for industrialization and
financial independence.
reiterated the need for proper monitoring and evaluation of the level of
compliance to the implementation of decisions of the Conference and
directed that NIPC should take on that responsibility as against the
setting of a separate committee as earlier agreed.
As an immediate fall-out of the NCI, the World Bank (in partnership with
DFID) had indicated interest to assist the One-Stop Investment Centre
(OSIC) in its operations:
(i)
(ii)
(iii)
capacity building needs to strengthen its operations;
areas of support for the Protocol Agreement to ensure its
realization;
expected reforms in the collaborating agencies for effectiveness;
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