Monday, 21 June 2021 08:30
Senate describes Lekki free zone Quadrant, Eko Atlantic as national assets
The Senate Committee on Trade, Industry and Investment has described Dangote, Lekki, Alaro City, and the Lagos free zone which constituted the Lekki mega free zone quadrant and the Eko Atlantic free zone as multi-billion-dollar national assets. Sen. Francis Fadahunsi,…
Wednesday, 16 June 2021 10:07
NASS urges NEPZA to push for amendment of its Act without delay
The Senate Committee on Trade, Industry and Investment has urged the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) to vigorously push for the amendment of its Act to tie all loose ends in its mandate of regulating the country’s free trade…
Wednesday, 19 May 2021 11:48
NEPZA boss rises to calm Staff’s brewing agitations over alleged attempt to undermine Authority’s status
Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has risen to calm mounting agitation of the Authority’s workforce over alleged surreptitious attempt to undermine the legal status of the Authority by a report of a…
Thursday, 06 May 2021 13:03
NEPZA, NBS to share data on import, export, FDI, employment generation
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) have agreed to share data on import and export points for analysis and for decision making aimed at properly measuring the contribution of the Free Trade…
Wednesday, 28 April 2021 12:54
NEPZA mulls export accelerator program for SMEs, seeks partnership with SMEDAN, NEPC
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) says the Authority is prepared to canvass for the adoption of ``export business accelerator program’’ to speedily integrate the country’s Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) into the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) scheme for…
Sunday, 18 April 2021 08:21
Premier Coy in CFTZ lauds NEPZA's new business approaches, FG's improved infrastructure in zone
The ``Combination Industries’’, the first enterprise to enter the Calabar Free Trade Zone (CFTZ) in 1992 has lauded the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) new business approaches set to address core challenges of enterprises at the zone. Mr Nik…
Friday, 02 April 2021 19:17
NEPZA, IFC seek FEC’s buy-in on Medical SEZs establishment
The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) in effort to establish Medical Special Economic Zones across the six geo-political zones of the country, had urged the Federal Executive Council (FEC) to adopt the concept as a national project. Prof. Adesoji…
Monday, 29 March 2021 17:08
NEPZA lauds PSIN on human capacity building
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has expressed satisfaction on the human capacity development programe of the Public Service Institute of Nigeria (PSIN) used in retooling professionalism in the public sector. Adesugba…
Sunday, 28 March 2021 07:59
NEPZA management retreat opens in Zuba with MD urging on mentorship, teamwork
The Management Retreat of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), has opened in Zuba, an out- skirt of the Federal Capital Territory with the Managing Director, Prof. Adesoji Adesugba urging the management team to build sustainable mentorship program for…
Wednesday, 24 March 2021 11:37
Katsina Cotton, Medical Tourism Parks to bring about improved investment climate- NEPZA MD
The Managing Director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has said the establishment of the Cotton and Medical Tourism Parks in Katsina State would bring about the needed improved investment climate to the state. Adesugba,…
Thursday, 11 March 2021 08:29
NEPZA boss christens Kwara investment destination, takes delivery of 776 hectares for SEZs
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has described Kwara State as a charming investment destination. Adesugba made the remark after he took delivery of the Certificate of Occupancy for both the…
Wednesday, 10 March 2021 16:57
FG using FTZs to reduce high unemployment indices, quashing insecurity
The Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba has said the Federal Government was committed to using the Free Trade Zone Scheme to reduce high unemployment indices in the country. Adesugba,…
Friday, 05 March 2021 14:31
NEPZA boss calls for kick-off of full operation in Enugu Industrial Park, considers SEZ for Turkish coys
The Managing Director/Chief Executive of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, has called for seamless commencement of operation in the Enugu Industrial Park Free Trade Zone without further delay. Adesugba made the remark on Friday, March…
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…
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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…