Gombe State has been rated the best in the ‘Ease of doing business for the second time running according to the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) business report for 2023.
The state was adjudged the first to lead the 36 states of the federation including the Federal Capital Territory Abuja during the maiden edition of the yearly report in 2022.
According to the PEBEC report, Gombe scored 7.15 to emerge as the state providing the friendliest environment for business and is being followed by Jigawa State which got a weighted score of 6.79 while Sokoto State with 6.88 score comes third.
In a statement announcing the report, PEBEC said the new report featured six indicators –infrastructure; secure and stable environment; transparency and accessibility of information; regulatory environment; skills and labour and economic opportunity.
It said each state was rated on a 10-point scale across the indicators, providing the basis for calculating the 2023 weighted EoDB score for each state.
A breakdown of the report by geopolitical zones shows that Plateau State (5.8) topped the states in North Central; with Gombe State (7.15) topping the states in Northeast; Jigawa State (6.88) topping Northwest; Anambra State (6.19) first among the states in the Southeast; Rivers State (5.76) leading South-South; and Ekiti State (5.79) leading Southwest.
