SEZs implementation underway

Headway: Serame
Headway: Serame

Government has allocated P13 million towards the implementation of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs) programme’s first phase, which would start this financial year.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry, Peggy Serame told a recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hearing recently that her ministry is working around the clock to ensure fast tracking of the implementation of the SEZs, adding that they have given infrastructure development a priority.

According to Serame, they have also started recruitment of the SEZs chief executive officer (CEO) noting that it would be complete by the end of this month.

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