By Mashe Umaru Gwamna
The Special Advisor to the President, on the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), otherwise known as Ease of Doing Business, Dr. Jumoke Oduwole, has revealed plans to entertain Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) relevant government agencies’ officials and indeed the general public to a play titled: “The Future is here”, which will come up 1st and 2nd of October, as part of Nigeria Independence celebration.
Dr. Oduwole made the disclosure Friday at a press briefing in Abuja.
She noted that the play is in two segments, saying each day is meant to appreciate all who have contributed in delivering the reforms so far accomplished in the ease of doing business interventions.
The Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council was launched since 2016 and they have been working since the last six years on enabling reform environment across the country.
Ease of doing business, now, in six years period we have done quite a number of reforms for small and medium enterprises, and men and women who have helped deliver these reforms are non other than our public and civil servants across Ministries, Departments and Agencies, at all arms and levels of government. So we have both federal government agencies, we work with state governments, and Local Governments, we also work with all arms of government, we work with National Assembly,and the Judiciary.
“As as we all know Nigeria’s Independence is 1st of October, and this year, to celebrate Independence Day, PEBEC is staging a play production, on the 1st and 2nd of October.
“We have four shows, two on the 1st and two on the 2nd. And the reason why we are doing this is that we feel it is important to celebrate men and women who have delivered the reforms we have been able to accomplish so far in the ease of doing business interventions.
We also want to celebrate our indifatigable entrepreneurs, the MSMEs, who had been working tirelessly to make a living and etch their living through entrepreneurship across the country” she said.
Oduwole, who briefed members of the press in company of Ayokunnu Ojeniyi, the Project Manager of EBES, stated that the PEBEC Play is ‘a gamut of business reforms designed to create awareness, further communicate and engage our target audience in celebration of Nigeria’s Independence Day’.
“The future is here focusses on the narrative of a future that we can collaboratively create, A future riding on Government’s reforms, The future of our dream! This future that we seek!
“The future where Government numerous
reforms smile at everyone; A future with no artificial barricade; A future where everyone can do business with ease A future built by the strength of our hands and by the resolve of the collective will of the people! One people one nation Handmaids of God’s creation the future is here!
“The future is here is an excellent musical that creates awareness for Governments reforms to create an enabling environment for MSME’s and the resolve of the people, a new tribe to do what is right” she added.
The PEBEC boss also unveiled activities lines up for the fourth quarter of 2022 including the 2nd PEBEC Report which would take place mid October and PEBEC performance Award for December 1, 2022.
