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Zainab Ahmed, minister of finance, budget and national planning, says the federal government is working to house wards growing the nation’s economy at a similar pace with China’s. Speaking at a news conference on the forthcoming 25th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja on Monday, Ahmed said there are plans for operational, regulatory and legislative interventions to move the country to the top 100 on the ease of doing business ranking. According to the 2018 World Bank find Ease of Doing Business ranking, Nigerian ranked 146, dropping a spot from its 145-rank in 2017. She explained that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration had taken steps toward making the country investment-friendly and competitive. She said part of this was the establishment of business the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), to address business constraints to support the diversification efforts. Ahmed attributed Nigeria’s movement on the ranking to the implementat