You no longer need a lawyer to register your business

Bello Mahmud, registrar-general of the Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC), on Thursday said the
the commission had taken steps to eliminate
bottlenecks associated with registering a business.
Speaking at the second presidential economic
communication workshop in Abuja, Mahmud said this
was with a view to creating an enabling
environment for businesses to thrive.
He also revealed that the cost of registering a
business had been reduced by 50 percent.
“We have reduced the cost of registering a
business by 50 percent. You don’t need a lawyer to
register your business for you anymore. You
can now do it yourself. The process is easy now,” he
said.
”You can now register your business anywhere at
our offices in Lagos, Kano and Enugu.”
Earlier, Jumoke Oduwole, senior special assistant to
the president on industry, trade and investment,
outlined measures the government was to taking to
create investment opportunities for the country.
According to her, one of the measures is reducing
the strictures to getting a Nigerian visa.
She said President Muhammadu Buhari was
concerned about the ranking of Nigeria as one of
the most difficult countries to do business; hence
he has set up a committee to come up with ways of
making Nigeria business friendly.