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April 30, 2019
Minister of Industry, Trade andInvestment, Okechukwu Enelamah, has called for deeper collaboration between thegovernment and capital market operators in order to boost economic growth andtransformation.
Enelamah made the call at theringing of the closing bell on the floor of the Nigerian Stock Exchange inLagos.
The minister said that thepartnership should be robust in order to transcend various governmentadministrations, and impact on job and wealth creation, economic growth anddevelopment.
He added that there was a need forgovernment to forge synergy with the private sector, toward exploringopportunities of raising capital through the market for government’s infrastructureprojects and to deepen industrialisation.
Also, Secretary, PresidentialEnabling Business Environment Council PEBEC, Jumoke Oduwole, said there was aneed for the private sector to partner with the Council to grow the economy.The Acting Director-General, Securities andExchange Commission SEC, Mary Uduk, said that SEC had been at the forefront ofsupporting capital market operations, saying that it developed the e-dividendto boost investors’ confidence in the market.