Would-be-business owners in Nigeria can now be guided by a handbook on how to obtain licenses and permits when making business transactions in select sectors in the country.
The new book titled “Guide To Doing Business In Nigeria: Licensing Requirements And Permits In Selected Sectors Debuts” is published by A&E Law Partnership.
The book seeks to improve on Nigerian government’s effort to make doing business in the country easy.
Speaking in a statement in on Friday, Chibuzo Ekwekwuo, Managing Partner, A&E Law Partnership, said the publisher wrote the book as its input to the efforts being made to ease doing business in the country.
Ekwekwuo gave the foreword to the handbook written by Peter Ntephe as:
“…a one-stop-shop handbook on the rules for entry into various sectors of the Nigerian economy. Key processes and procedures are outlined in as much a succinct way as possible, along with the fees for obtaining licences and registrations.
“This handbook which is a product of the knowledge gained by the law firm over the years in “its core competencies” is a praiseworthy compendium and guide to the rules and regulations for doing business in the ‘commanding heights’ of the Nigerian economy.”
Describing the handbook further, Ekwekwuo said: “The Doing Business handbook adopts a sectoral approach, respectively explicating the requirements for operating in insurance, aviation, cabotage, banking, energy and power, solid minerals, telecommunications, entertainment, food and beverages, private security, oil and gas, among others. There is also coverage of matters that are applicable across sectors, such as immigration, environmental standards, intellectual property and capital markets.
“Besides these, there is a section devoted to foreign investors, providing an advisory on organizational forms available as well as other subjects of potential interests, such as repatriation of profits and tax exemptions.
“This handbook is a must-have table-top business advisory for professionals, including lawyers, accountants and bankers as well as to investors, entrepreneurs and firms doing or seeking to do business in Nigeria. Students and academics whose disciplines require knowledge of matters within the remit of the guide will also find it a useful library reference,” he added.
