These strategic desks will be in the departments of Customs and Excise, Nigerian Immigration service, NAFDAC and the Standard Organization of Nigeria.
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| Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga |
The Minister of Trade and Investment, Dr. Olusegun Aganga, said this when he paid a visit to Governor Liyel Imoke of Cross River State.
Aganga, who described the visit as his first official one outside Abuja since assumption of office, said modalities would be put in place to ensure Nigeria’s pioneer free trade zone in Calabar and the free trade retail shop, Tinapa, are functional to achieve the purpose for which they were established.
On the issue of visas to investors, Aganga, said he and the Minister of Internal Affairs are working on a plan to give visas at entry points, stating that out of the 28 free trade zones established in the country, only 12 are functional and that efforts are being put in place to make sure they attain their potentials.
In his response, Imoke condemned the idea of free trade zones being indiscriminately scattered all over the country while the nation’s pioneer free trade zone in Calabar was not effectively utilised.