By SAMUEL OYADONGHA

Yenagoa — Bayelsa State government, yesterday, announced the abolition of stringent legal provisions required for the establishment of private businesses and factories in the state.

The move, according to the government, is aimed at removing the bottlenecks and obstacles associated with establishing new businesses in the state.

Director-General of Bayelsa Investment Promotion Agency, BIPA, Ms Freda Murray-Bruce, stated this in an interview in Yenagoa.

She said the new system of business operation will establish a one stop shop where investors could process all the necessary documentations under a single roof and make the state well positioned for the establishment of industries for large scale manufacture of salt.

According to Murray-Bruce, the decision was reached due to the abundant and readily available raw material for the production of salt for both domestic and industrial purposes.

Her words:   “There were already existing artisanal salt production facilities which could be mechanised to achieve greater efficiency as they produced for household use.

”There were several industrial applications for salt which compelled manufacturing concerns in the country to import the commodity. The establishment of a salt production facility in the state would curb capital flight and create jobs.”