NECA, Oyo govt forge alliance on business environment

Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA) is set to collaborate with Oyo State Government to ensure sustainability of business environment in the state.

The step, according to the Director General of NECA, Adewale-Smart Oyerinde, was to strengthen public-private dialogue for business environmental sustainability.

Speaking in Ibadan during an engagement between the state government and organised private sector with the theme: ‘Strengthening Public-Private Dialogue for Environmental Sustainability in Oyo State’, Oyerinde said one of the biggest signals to collaboration was willingness to listen.

He said Oyo State Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources had shown willingness to listen to the organised private sector, to ensure sustainability of business environment.

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Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Temilolu Ashamu, said the ministry remained committed to fostering transparent, fair and an enabling regulatory environment that supported responsible partnership and businesses.

The Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti state chapters, represented by the Treasurer, Sunday Aboriomoh, appealed to the Ministry of Environment to carry MAN along in its decision-making and policy formulation that affected environment in the state.

He said Oyo State House of Assembly must collaborate with the Ministry of Environment to create an enabling environment for business to thrive.