Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State says the government will continue to initiate policies and strategies that will enhance business opportunities and enable local products to achieve parity in the international market.
Ambode, represented by  Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce and Industry, Prince Rotimi Ogunleye, said this last Saturday in Lagos at the LCCI Commerce and Industry Awards.
The Tide source reports that the Commerce and Industry Awards was organised by the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI).
The award is to celebrate private and public institutions operating in the country for their best practises, growth through innovations, business sustainability and positive impact on the society.
Ambode said that people were conversant with the challenges of the past three years that disrupted investment opportunities in the maritime sector, manufacturing, textile and other real sectors of the economy.
He, however, said the government was making progress in creating an enabling environment through policies, initiatives, institutional re-energising and infrastructural renewal/development.
Ambode said that the business environment would continue to improve as positive outcome of some of government’s policies and strategies in the areas of transportation, power, infrastructure and waste management become manifest.
According to him, synergy between government and the organised private sector through development and implementation of policies has alleviated challenges hindering local and foreign investments in the country.
He urged local investors and business entrepreneurs to integrate trends that would push Nigeria’s product to a global state, as strategic technological development had changed the way businesses was done globally.