President Buhari Assents to the Business Facilitation(Miscellaneous Provisions)Bill 2022 and Other Bills

By Iyojo Ameh

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022 passed by the National Assembly, in furtherance of Section 58 (4) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

The President sent the Business Facilitation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act to the National Assembly to ensure the ease of doing business and transparency, efficiency, and productivity in Nigeria. The Act amends relevant legislation to promote the ease of doing business in Nigeria and institutionalize all the reforms to ease implementation. The business facilitation bill, among other things, applies throughout the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This was contained in a release signed by Senator Babajide Omoworare, CON Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters-Senate.

The President also gave his assent to five other bills which are:

National Commission for Colleges of Education Bill 2022, School of Mines and Geological Studies (Establishment) Bill 2022, Admiralty University of Nigeria, Ibusa (Establishment) Bill 2022, Federal College of Education (Technical), Keana Bill, (Establishment) Bill 2022, and National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism (Establishment) Bill, 2022