Sunday, 21 February 2021 13:35
FG using AFCTA to boost FTZs competitiveness
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has said both the Federal Government and the Authority were leaving no stone unturned at leveraging on the African Continental Free Trade Zone Agreement (AFCTA) to boost…
Thursday, 14 January 2021 10:49
NEPZA boss warns job seekers against fake online recruitment firms, threatens lawsuit
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has described an ongoing online recruitment exercise ascribed to the Authority to be its ``2021 Recruitment Exercise’’ as criminal and a surreptitious manoeuvre to swindle unsuspecting job seekers and defraud them and their…
Tuesday, 22 December 2020 13:11
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Saturday, 05 December 2020 06:34
IMPLEMENTATION OF AN IMPROVED NEPZA REGISTRATION PROCESS FROM JANUARY 1, 2021
In line with the Federal Government’s focus on improving the ease of doing business, the Nigeria Export Processing Zones (NEPZA) would with effect from January 1, 2021 commence operation on a new template for Free Zone registration. ``The new registration…
Saturday, 05 December 2020 06:27
FG LAYING FIRM FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION-NEPZA BOSS
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the Federal Government is meticulously laying enduring foundation for the industrialization of the country. Adesugba made the remark while addressing global business audience via webinar at…
Wednesday, 25 November 2020 10:34
NEPZA muses siting Medical Free Zone in more than one State
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Process (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba said the torrential approaches from state governments to skew the location of the country’s novel Medical Free Zone to their states had been overwhelming. Adesugba stated this when…
Tuesday, 17 November 2020 13:00
Buhari, NEPZA, extoled for approving SEZ for Ebonyi State
The Ebonyi State Government has described the approval given to it for the establishment of Special Economic Zone in the state by President Muhammadu Buhari as a worthy overture capable of harnessing the economic potentials of the entire eastern region.…
Tuesday, 10 November 2020 19:58
NEPZA MD tasks Ebonyi Government on state-of-the-art infrastructure for SEZ
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has urged the Ebonyi State Government to ensure proactive steps toward the provision of both inside and outside state-of-the-art infrastructure for the proposed Special Economic Zone…
Tuesday, 13 October 2020 16:10
New NEPZA board chairman tasks FG, private sector on need to leverage FTZs for all-encompassing growth
For Nigeria to catch up on genuine economic growth and industrialisation of the country, the Federal Government and the Private Sector must ensure that the free zone scheme was greatly supported and strengthened using improved legal framework, sustained investments and…
Tuesday, 06 October 2020 13:08
NEPZA boss tasks new staff on positive work ethics
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has urged new staff of the Authority to without delay align their thinking with the agency’s vision, mission and mandate for sustainable high productivity. Adesugba gave the…
Wednesday, 30 September 2020 20:16
Nigeria@ 60: NEPZA boss promises to use FTZs, SEZs to rejuvenate nation’s economy
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) Prof. Adesoji Adesugba said the Authority was poised to use the Free Trade Zones and Special Economic Zones to contribute its quota to rejuvenate the country’s economy. Adesugba made…
Tuesday, 29 September 2020 13:37
NEPZA urges zone operator, enterprise, to shun years of attacks on each other
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) had advised the management of LADOL Free Trade zone and Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria Limited (SHIN), an enterprise in the zone to without delay shun years of attacks on each other’s entity. Prof,…
Friday, 25 September 2020 08:50
NEPZA, C/Rivers Govt. agree on steps to revamp Calabar Free Trade Zone
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Cross Rivers Government had agreed to take steps to immediately commence the revamping of the Calabar free trade zone. The two authorities agreed on the measures to restore the status of…
Thursday, 24 September 2020 08:03
Free Trade Zone Scheme remains a presidential initiative- MD NEPZA
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba had reiterated that the free trade zone scheme in the country was a presidential initiative aimed at propelling economic growth through local production. Adesugba said this…
Tuesday, 22 September 2020 12:40
40 companies bid for NEPZA Constituency projects
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones (NEPZA) says a total of 40 companies have expressed interest to execute some of the country’s constituency projects earmarked for 2020 to be midwife by the Authority. The projects for which tender was opened on…
Saturday, 12 September 2020 06:52
Nigeria Free Trade Zones Striding Toward Fast Tracking Industrialisation
The prospect of Nigeria truly harnessing all of its economic potentials to close up the obvious deficit rests with investing heavily in the free trade zone scheme as doing so would fast track the country’s quest for industrialisation. The Federal…
Friday, 11 September 2020 16:36
NEPZA, NASS agree on critical roles in country’s industrialisation process
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the Senate Committee on Trade, Industry and Investment had agreed to strengthen synergy on critical roles aimed at expediting the country’s industrialization process. This agreement was reached when Sen. Francis Fadahunsi, Acting…
Wednesday, 09 September 2020 20:09
NEPZA boss, NARPO extol Buhari’s overwhelming care for retirees
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has expressed delight on President Muhammadu Buhari’s overwhelming care and support for members of the National Association of Retired Para-Military Officers (NARPO) and other senior citizens…
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Tuesday, 08 September 2020 10:33
Fayemi is a Father of Gemology in Nigeria-Prof Adesugba
The Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority NEPZA, Prof Adesoji Adesugba has described the Ekiti state governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi as the ``father of gemology in Nigeria’’. The Gemological Institute of Nigeria trains students about the varieties of…
Monday, 07 September 2020 11:19
NEPZA, EKITI TO COLLABORATE ON ESTABLISHMENT OF KNOWLEDGE-BASED, AGRIC SEZS
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority, NEPZA has thrown its weight behind the Ekiti State Government for the establishment of Knowledge-based and Agricultural Special Economic Zone in the state. Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Authority expressed the willingness…
Monday, 24 August 2020 08:12
NEPZA boss woos Halal investors toward free trade zones
The Managing Director of Nigerian Export Processing Zones Authority, Prof Adesoji Adesugba has called on investors in Halal industry from all over the world to patronise the Nigeria’s free trade zones ahead of the commencement of the African free trade…
Friday, 21 August 2020 14:00
Lagos, NEPZA strike partnership to deepen FTZ, economic growth
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) of the State's preparedness to collaborate with the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) to create enabling environment that could position Free Trade Zone scheme…
Thursday, 20 August 2020 09:43
NEPZA boss urges collaborative efforts on development of FTZs outside infrastructure
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has urged collaborative effort of the public and private sectors to develop outside infrastructure where Free Trade Zones are located in a bid to ameliorate the challenges of…
Wednesday, 19 August 2020 10:18
Clusters of FTZs around Lagos Lagoon remain economic game changer-NEPZA boss
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba says the clusters of Free Trade Zones around the Lagos Lagoon axis when fully developed will serve as catalyst for the industrialization of the country. Adesugba…
Tuesday, 18 August 2020 09:19
NEPZA boss describes Dangote Industries Free Zone as one-world project
The Managing Director, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, has described the Dangote Industries Free Trade located in Lekki, Lagos as an awesome one-world project capable of fast tracking the country’s industrialization process. Adesugba made the remark…
Friday, 14 August 2020 14:30
NEPZA and Lagos State plan to partner in the setting up of NEPZA HSE Unit
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has agreed to work with the Lagos Government in the training of its staff to be deployed in the proposed Health, Safety and Environment Units across the 42 Free Trade Zones. The plan was broached when the Lagos…
Thursday, 13 August 2020 11:24
NEPZA, PSIN to form partnership on capacity development
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) are considering forming a unique partnership for capacity development for the staff of the Authority. The two agencies indicated the move when two officials of the…
Tuesday, 11 August 2020 10:52
NEPZA boss calls on organized private sector to use free trade zones as buffers
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has urged the Organised Private Sector (OPS) to patronise free trade zones across the country to ward-off widespread business uncertainty brought about by Covid-19 pandemic. Adesugba made the call when he paid a…