Shettima urges MDAs to assist ease of doing enterprise in Nigeria by means of knowledge sharing, dialogue 

Nigeria’s Vice President, Senator Kashim Shettima, has urged Ministries, Departments, and Companies (MDAs) of presidency to prioritize knowledge sharing and dialogue, that are central to streamlining the enterprise setting and enhancing the benefit of doing enterprise in Nigeria.

On Wednesday, the Vice President implored MDAs, in addition to members of the Presidential Enabling Enterprise Atmosphere Council (PEBEC), to deepen synergy to make sure a extra enabling enterprise local weather within the nation.

This was disclosed in a press release by Stanley Nkwocha, Senior Particular Assistant to the President on Media & Communications (Workplace of the Vice President), on April 16, 2025.

Ease of Doing Enterprise   

In response to Shettima, the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu stays dedicated to fostering a sturdy, streamlined enterprise setting that helps ease of doing enterprise.

• Talking throughout the closing session of the PEBEC Retreat for heads of MDAs and MDA Reform Champions in Abuja, Senator Shettima emphasised that the objective is to make sure Nigeria stays a horny vacation spot for buyers.
• He highlighted that knowledge sharing and dialogue amongst MDAs are key pathways to fast-tracking synergy, which might finally contribute to the nation’s prosperity.

In response to the assertion, VP Shettima “urged heads of MDAs to prioritize joint planning, knowledge sharing, and customary KPIs the place their work intersects,” and inspired them to interrupt what he described because the tradition of “this isn’t my mandate.” 

“Allow us to embrace interagency activity groups for important reforms, moderately than depend on remoted mandates. The place conflicts come up, resolve them by means of dialogue. The place gaps exist, shut them with innovation. And the place progress is made, institutionalize it. That is how we construct a authorities that works—not in fragments, however in sync,” he acknowledged.

• The Vice President emphasised that MDAs should deepen collaboration, noting that the enterprise of presidency is just too complicated to be addressed in isolation.

• He additionally declared that the period of buck-passing on authorities mandates was over, including that it was time to finish bureaucratic turf wars.

 “The time for bureaucratic turf wars is over. Nigeria’s financial and social future will depend on what we, the stewards of public establishments, select to do right this moment. 

 “Our residents are watching. Our buyers are ready. And time isn’t on our facet. We should transfer from coverage to efficiency, from ambition to execution, from silos to synergy. This retreat and future engagements should start a tradition of motion, accountability, and cross-agency collaboration,” he acknowledged.

Shettima urged MDAs to collectively simplify processes, get rid of duplication, and leverage expertise to enhance transparency.