Making
Midway Progress Update:
PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
Business
60-Day National Action Plan
Timeline
Midway Date
Start Date
February 21st, 2017
End Date
April 21st, 2017
March 23rd, 2017
Priority Areas
Introduction
On February 21, 2017, the Presidential Enabling Business
Environment Council (PEBEC) approved a 60-Day National
Action Plan on Ease of Doing Business at a Council meeting
chaired by His Excellency, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo,
SAN, GCON. The National Action Plan is an inter-ministerial,
inter-governmental plan being implemented by various
Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), the Lagos
and Kano state governments, the National Assembly and
other stakeholders, with support from the Enabling
Business Environment Secretariat (EBES).
As a result of the commitment and hard work of the stakeholders, several successes have been recorded in the last
30 days. In the proceeding pages, we highlight some of the
progress recorded as well as what remains to be done.
The Mandate
REMOVE CRITICAL BOTTLENECKS
& BUREAUCRATIC CONSTRAINTS
to doing business in Nigeria
Move Nigeria
STEPS UPWARDS
in the World Bank Ease
of Doing Business
Index.
1
3
5
7
STARTING A
BUSINESS
2
GETTING
CREDIT
TRADING
ACROSS
BORDERS
4
GETTING
ELECTRICITY
CONSTRUCTION
PERMITS
6
REGISTERING
PROPERTY
8
N
TAX
PAYING
TAXES
ENTRY AND
EXIT OF PEOPLE
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PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
Midway Progress Update:
STARTING A
BUSINESS
60-Day National Action Plan
DONE
2
1
Company Name
Search on CAC
Website
Fully operationalised online search
of company names on CAC portal
(www.cac.gov.ng)
to
prevent
situation in which business owners
choose an already existing name
wasting time and money
3
Document
Upload
Upload functionality available on
CAC portal to enable e-submission
of registration documents
FIRS e-payment
solution integrated
Integrated FIRS e-payment solution
into CAC portal to enable e-stamping
5
CAC Company Registration no longer requires
lawyers
Eliminated the need for SMEs to
hire lawyers to prepare registration
documents
4
Single
Registration
Form
Introduced single form for incorporation to save time and reduce cost
6
hr
Company Registration
timeline revised in
CAC mandate
CAC revised timeline mandates 24
hours for registering a company
from when application form is
completed
and
all
required
documents available
8
99% uptime
CAC portal uptime
reliability
Improve reliability of CAC online
portal to ensure over 99% uptime
KEY
Done and Tested
Work in
Progress
7
CAC lawyers to handle
statutory declaration of
compliance
Enable CAC internal lawyers to
handle certification of company
incorporation forms as well as the
statutory declaration of compliance
Done and ready for feedback
Work in Progress
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PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
DEALING WITH
CONSTRUCTION
PERMITS
Midway Progress Update:
60-Day National Action Plan
DONE
2
1
N
Fees & Procedures
published online
All fees, procedures and laws published
on the Lagos State Physical Planning
and Permit Authority (LASPPPA)
website (www.lagosepp.com.ng)
Qualification laws
published online
Laws published on LASPPPA
website concerning qualifications for
architects and engineers who
supervise construction
3
Clarity on EIA and Soil
Investigation Reports available
on LASPPPA website
LASPPPA now only requires Environmental
Impact Assessment (EIA) for construction
works with potentially heavy impact on the
environment. Soil Investigation Report now
only required for four-storey buildings and
above, or buildings in swampy areas
4
Construction
Permits
Operationalise
e-planning platform
for Lagos
Construction permits’ procedures
currently require manual submission
of a large set of documents. On the
e-platform, users will have the ability to
to submit and track application online
KEY
Done and Tested
Done and ready for feedback
Work in Progress
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Midway Progress Update:
PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
REGISTERING
PROPERTY
60-Day National Action Plan
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
DONE
2
1
Complaint mechanism
available online
Sworn affidavit no
longer needed
Eliminated requirement for sworn
affidavit as a procedure for
conducting title search at the
Lagos Land Registry
Uploaded information of PR,
Complaint Unit and Lands Service
Directorate in lagos
3
Registration process
simplified
Merged requirement for stamping of
Deed of Assignment with final
registration process, for lands owned
by Lagos State Government
Work in
Progress
4
Consolidate several
payments into one
Presently, different fees are needed
at different stages of title registration, requiring a lot of trips on the
applicant's part
KEY
Done and Tested
Done and ready for feedback
5
Reduce time for
Governor's Consent
Time required for Governor’s
Consent exceeds those of other
countries with similar laws, and the
governor is presented with a large
number of applications regularly
Work in Progress
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PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
Midway Progress Update:
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
GETTING
CREDIT
60-Day National Action Plan
DONE
1
Increased usage of National
Collateral Registry
http://www.ncr.gov.ng
Increased utilisation of National
Collateral Registry for online
registrations, amendments and
cancellations by lenders, and
online searches of movable assets
by any interested party
2
Increased usage of credit
history and credit sharing
Increased sensitisation and utilisation of Credit Bureau Services including credit scoring - to enable
credit decision making
Work in
Progress
3
National Assembly to pass
relevant legislation
NASS working to pass two priority
bills to ease access to credit:
Secured Transactions in Movable
Assets (aka Collateral Registry) Bill
and Credit Bureau Services Bill
KEY
Done and Tested
Done and ready for feedback
Work in Progress
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Midway Progress Update:
PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
TRADING
ACROSS
BORDERS
60-Day National Action Plan
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
DONE
2
1
Pallets
Mandated the provision
of advanced cargo
manifests
Mandated the use of
pallets for imports
Imports into Nigeria now required
to be placed in pallets to ensure
use of modern equipment and
quicker physical examinations
Vessels importing goods into
Nigeria now required to send cargo
manifests in advance to ensure
improved risk assessment and
optimised placement of cargoes
3
NCS now mandated to
schedule and coordinate
examinations
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS)
now required to schedule and coordinate joint physical examination of
cargo to ensure only one point of
contact between importers and
officials
Work in
Progress
4
Optimise pre-shipment
process for exports
Current process is manual, with inconsistent timelines for processing
pre-shipment documentation
KEY
Done and Tested
Done and ready for feedback
5
Reduce documentation
requirements at the ports
The number of documents required
for import and export processes is
higher in Nigeria than in other African
countries
Work in Progress
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Midway Progress Update:
PRESIDENTIAL
ENABLING BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL (PEBEC)
ENTRY AND EXIT
OF PEOPLE
60-Day National Action Plan
Enabling Business Environment Secretariat
DONE
3
2
1
Consolidation of
Arrival/Departure forms
New Immigration
Regulation 2017
The Honourable Minister of Interior
has approved and launched a new
Immigration Regulation; to be
made publicly available soon
Consolidated arrival and departure
forms now in use and available at
the airports
Simplified Visa on
Arrival and submission
processes
Submission of applications and
receipt of approval letter can now
be done electronically via a
dedicated NIS email address
([email protected])
4
ANTED 48hrs
VISA GR
48-hour visa processing time for
Nigerian applications at missions
abroad
Work in
Progress
4
Eliminate manual
baggage searches
Upgrade baggage scanners at the
airports to eliminate intrusive and
time-consuming manual searches
KEY
Done and Tested
Done and ready for feedback
Work in Progress
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