As the dawn of 2026 approaches, the Katsina State Government has taken steps to reform its economic landscape, aiming to establish a robust and friendly enabling environment for business owners, investors, and entrepreneurs.
Ibrahim Tukur Jikamshi of Katsina Investment Promotion Agency (KIPA), revealed this on Thursday while briefing newsmen during the formal presentation and interactive session, focusing on 2026 Business Enabling Reform Action Plan (BERAP), brought together private sector and Federal Government business regulatory agencies operating within the State.
The KIPA Boss outlined a comprehensive roadmap of reforms, deliverables, and measurable expected impacts for the forthcoming year.
The reforms, which include improved land administration and land investment, increased fibre optic network deployment and access to broadband, quick determination of commercial disputes, increased sustained large-scale investment among others.
He highlighted the objectives as to compete the digitasation and automation of land administration processes, enhance transparency and promote gender inclusion in land ownership, systemic certification and revenue generation and increased, sustained large-scale investment, enabling form operations and regulatory reforms as it aim to simplify inter-state trade procedures
“We have identified, we have clarified and we have simplified this process to them. And we have given them what we seek to deliver in 2026 and what are the expected outcome in areas of land administration, transparency in payment of business fees and timeline. In terms of dispute resolutions and then what we seek to do in terms of development of ICT and other objectives deployment in business”, he said.
Jikamshi noted that the reforms are the simplification of Government processes, encompassing the issuance of licenses and permits, creating the enabling environment, and ensuring a secure environment. “The plan is not a top-down mandate but a reflection of the business community’s needs, developed through a bottom-up approach.
“We have set for ourselves a few objectives to identify in a more simpler way and we have also crafted a more deliverable on each item,” he explained.
He further said the maximum expected turnaround for certain processes was two months. “We want to give a time of two months,” he said.
The Federal Agencies at the event include, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and State Tax Authorities, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) among others.
By focusing on digitisation, transparency, speedy dispute resolution, and regulatory simplification in close collaboration with the private sector and Federal government regulators, Katsina State is setting the stage for a significant economic transformation in 2026, signaling to the world that it is truly open for business.
