Katsina Investment Agency Sensitises Entrepreneurs On Reforms To Promote Businesses
By Zubairu Idris
The Director-General, Katsina State Investment Promotion Agency (KIPA), Ibrahim Tukur-Jikamshi has urged businesses and entrepreneurs to take advantage of the various reforms undertaken by the agency to ensure ease-of-doing business in the state.
Tukur-Jikamshi made the appeal on Thursday during the presentation of the 2026 Business Enabling Reform Action Plan (BERAP) and sensitisation of private sector players and other stakeholders.
He said that the government was committed making the business environment more friendly and robust to promote growth and development of businesses.
According to him, the presentation is to avail the private sector of the simplified business processes unveiled by the agency, which include the reduction of the time for the issuance of Certificate of Occupancy from 26 to 16 working days.
Tukur-Jikamshi said the agency has greatly simplified issues around land administration, dispute resolution, and made payment of business fees very transparent, among others.
He said that the engagement was also an opportunity to inform the business leaders of what the government has been doing in terms of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises development in Katsina State.
The director-general said that the Business Enabling Reform Action Plan was also designed to promote international trade.
Presentations were made by officials of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria Customs Service (NSC), Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), and Nigeria Export Promotion Council, among other agencies.
In one of the presentations, a Deputy Controller, Nigeria Customs Service, SU Abdullahi, explained some of the categories of goods prohibited for both import and export.
He listed the prohibited items for importation through the land borders to include vehicles and pharmaceutical products, saying that such items must be imported through the sea ports.
On the other hand, items prohibited for export include maize, timber, unprocessed rubber, animal skins, wildlife and artifacts, among others.
