Govt to announce NCC board members soon Minister Bimha
Minister Bimha

Minister Bimha

Government says it will announce board members of the National Competitiveness Commission (NCC) within the next couple of weeks. The establishment of the NCC was approved by Cabinet earlier in January to eliminate distortions and policy inconsistencies in the country’s doing business environment. The NCC emerged out of the restructuring of the National Incomes and Pricing Commission (NIPC).

Industry and Commerce Minister Mike Bimha said the NCC board will largely be constituted by individuals from the private sector. “We are in the process of putting together a board for this commission and the majority of its membership comes from the private sector. “And we are at the vetting process at the moment and I would like to believe that in a week or two we should be able to announce the members of this very important commission at this time in the history of our country,” said Minister Bimha.

The announcement of the NCC board will effectively bring the entity — which was initially supposed to be set up and running during the first half of this year — into operation. The establishment of the NCC is one of the initiatives being carried out by Government to improve the local doing business climate.

According to the latest World Economic Forum (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index Zimbabwe remained near-flat ranking 125 out of 140 countries. In the previous GCI, Zimbabwe had achieved improvement by seven notches to reach 124th position out of 144 countries, from 131st position in the 2013-2014 index.

Meanwhile, Minister Bimha also said the Government had set up a committee that will push for the improvement of the country’s external trade. “We have also set up National Trade Facilitation Committee whose mandate is to spearhead the implementation of the World Trade Organisation and Trade Facilitation Agreement. Implementation of the agreement is aimed at enhancing efficiency in the movement of raw materials imported by our local industry as well as the country’s exports,” he said.

“The efficient movement of goods will also reduce corruption at the country’s ports of entry.” — BH24.

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