Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, has called for deeper collaboration between the government and capital market operators in order to boost economic growth and transformation.
Enelamah made the call at the ringing of the closing bell on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange in Lagos.
The minister said that the partnership should be robust in order to transcend various government administrations, and impact on job and wealth creation, economic growth and development.
He added that there was a need for government to forge synergy with the private sector, toward exploring opportunities of raising capital through the market for government’s infrastructure projects and to deepen industrialisation.
Also, Secretary, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council PEBEC, Jumoke Oduwole, said there was a need for the private sector to partner with the Council to grow the economy.The Acting Director-General, Securities and Exchange Commission SEC, Mary Uduk, said that SEC had been at the forefront of supporting capital market operations, saying that it developed the e-dividend to boost investors’ confidence in the market.
