The Centre for International Private Enterprise (CIPE), has urged the government to look into the multiple taxation, power and insecurity that had hindered business development in the country.

The Country Director of the U.S.-based non-governmental organisation in Nigeria, Mrs Olawunmi Gbadamosi, made the call in an interview with newsmen in Enugu.

Gbadamosi said the business sector would not grow if the issues were not effectively tackled by the various tiers of government in the country.

He said “for democracy to be sustainable, the government must be pro-business. The government should involve the private sector in its activities as well as provide the enabling environment for them to thrive’’.

The country director expressed satisfaction with the level of partnership between the government and the private sector in the country.

She called on business associations to embark on advocacies to further strengthen their relationships with the executive, legislature and the judiciary arms of the government as well as the media.

Gadamosi, however, appealed to the media to partner with the business associations to promote their activities in the country.

She explained that the centre was working in eight states to encourage and promote business membership organisations through capacity building.