The Ogun State government has urged owners around the state to register their businesses on the Business Premises Permit (BPP) site as soon as possible.
He promised that the issues that had hampered the portal had been totally rectified, and that the registration process was now flawless.
Mr. Adebola Sofela, Commissioner for Industry, Trade, and Investment, made the call in Abeokuta after visiting several agencies overseen by the Ministry.
Ogun State Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency (OSAMCA), Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), and the Technology Incubation Centre, Onijanganjangan, are among these ministries, as are the Ministry’s Zonal Offices at Onijanganjangan and Oke-Ilewo.
Sofela who was in company of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Industry, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Oluyemisi Dawodu, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Dr. Olu. Ola. Aikulola and other top management staff of the Ministry during the visit said the portal which can be accessed via businesspermit.ogunstate.gov.ng is now up and running adding that businesses should take advantage of the optimized portal to register and pay the right fees for their business premises to the state government.
“The Business Premises Permit registration portal has been optimized. The challenges we had in the past have been resolved and the portal is up and running. We want to encourage business men and women who have offices in Ogun state to take advantage of the fact that the portal is up and running to make sure that they register and pay the right fees for their businesses to the State government. It is part of their social responsibility as corporate citizen of the State so that the State can continue to generate revenue and build infrastructure,” the Commissioner said.
Assuring business owners of a hitch-free experience using the portal, the Commissioner said the Ministry “has increased technological support and is currently monitoring the portal on a 24-7 basis to ensure any issues even when they are raised are resolved. I want to assure citizens that they will not have an experience of the past, there will be no hitches”.
Speaking about his visit to the Onijanganjangan Technology Incubation Center, the Commissioner stated that his visit had revealed various efforts of incubates on product development, emphasizing the importance of intending entrepreneurs taking advantage of the shared facility as well as technical support that is available at the incubation center to start and grow their businesses.
In his charge at the two Zonal Offices visited, the Commissioner urged Ministry workers to prepare for work and give their fair share to the fulfillment of the Prince Dapo Abiodun-led administration’s aims, adding that officers should strive to outperform previous successes.
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