By Ekuson Nw’Ogbunka Abuja
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have maintained lead in the efficiency and transparency compliance ranking scale released by the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC).
This was contained in a press release from the Director of Information and Public Relations of the SON, Mrs Foluso Bolaji made available to media houses on Tuesday, the agencies emerged as the overall top performing agencies.
The report, according to the release, had all the Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) of the Federal Government (FG) in Nigeria ranked on the basis of transparency and efficiency compliance, which assessed their ability to provide, cost-effective, timely and customer-friendly services.
The rwase went further to inform that, the NCDMB and SON were ranked first and second respectively in terms of efficiency and transparency, the second straight year SON has clinched this award, adding that the analysis of the PEBEC’s Business Facilitation Performance Results (BFPR), which covered January – December 2023, showed that NCDMB scored 70.07 percent, SON 69.5 percent, CAC 65.12 percent, Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC), 65.04 percent, and Nigerian Export- Import Bank, (NEXIM) 63.51 percent.
According to PEBEC, the high-performing MDAs demonstrated commendable performance in both efficiency and transparency through diligent adherence to their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) during the 2023 reporting year.
In acknowledging this recognition by PEBEC, the DG/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dr. Ifeanyi Chukwunonso Okeke, credits the accomplishment to the hardworking and diligent staff of the SON, noting that the recognition is a testimony of SON’s unwavering commitment to business and trade facilitation in the country, in line with the FG’s resolve to create an enabling environment for businesses to thrive.
The DG reiterates the commitment of SON to facilitating businesses with a view to improving life through standards.