The Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has discontinued the processing of Free Trade Zone Licenses, and also constituated a Panel to assess the performance of FTZs in the country.
Brandnewsday learnt that this was made known by the FGN through the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment evaluating the impact of the Free Trade Zone on the economy. It also noted that a FTZ or Export Processing Zone (EPZ) is an area designated by an order of the President, upon recommendation by the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), pursuant to the provisions of NEPZ Act. The NEPZ Act confers approved enterprises with certain incentives strategically designed by the Federal Government to reinforce the country’s economic growth.
Some of these incentives include:
According to the FGN, there are 33 licensed FTZ operators, but due to poor implementation, only 12 are “operational”. The Panel, based on a thorough evaluation of the current operations of FTZs, will provide recommendations to inform the FGN’s strategy on FTZs.
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This will not be the first time that the FGN is reviewing the activities of its agencies. It will be recalled that the FGN carried out a review of the Export Expansion Grant as well as the Pioneer Status Incentive in order to position them for improved efficiency and curb excesses in their application.
We expect that this review will position the operations of the FTZ to be more efficient and to meet the demands of both the FGN and operators in the Zone.
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