 I want to join you in the very fitting celebration of the commissioning of this convention center, and also to join you as we congratulate the outgoing president of the Chamber of Commerce and the incoming president of the Chamber of Commerce today. But I want to say that this event is particularly important, not just because of the shared size of the edifice that we're about to commission, and I must say that I was most pleasantly taken aback by the size of it, for some reason I've never noticed this building on zero today going up and down this route, but I was quite shocked frankly to see that such an incredibly sized building could have been done essentially by purely voluntary private sector effort. Which is why in my opinion, this is a very important event because it underscores the strength and dynamism of our private sector, which is a crucial component of our economic development. As a matter of fact, I think that we're all generally in agreement that there are at least three strengths or three strengths that will determine our economic development. The first of course is government policy. The second is private sector investment. And the third is what type, what part of the politics. And I think Prince Cowden has mentioned this, the SME sector. I think that those three will definitely determine the way that our economic development trajectory proceeds in this country. With respect to government policy, of course you are aware that the government position is that we must continue on an incremental basis to prescribe for ourselves and to provide for ourselves a properly enabling business environment in every respect. Which is why we have PEPIC, Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, which focuses on trying to improve the business environment. But I think that one of the drawbacks that we've had in improving the business environment is really with respect to how we regulate small businesses. So for example in Abuja, I hear very frequently small businesses who talk about the kinds of problems that they experience, either with fumigation licenses or one license or the other, or manner of constraints which ideally should not occur. Now I know that the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory is actively working with PEPIC and that the Honour Minister of Industry and Investment have all been concerned about making this work. But Abuja is just one example of how generally speaking all over the country we need to take a second look at how we regulate small businesses. We just need to take a second look. Now so on the part of government policy, we've already more or less removed most of the major taxes. So corporation taxes, if your turnover is under 25 million, it is zero. Then it will reduce incrementally all the way up. So with respect to corporation taxes at least, we know that we're doing quite well. And same as if you look at the new Proposed Finance Act, there are several incentives for small businesses. But I think that as they say, the devil is in the detail. We have to find ways and I think this is where the private sector must work very actively with us in ensuring that we are self-regulators and policemen and women of the regulations. So that, and I think that the time has come for us to have, you know, at the table of comments paying very, very active attention to all that is going on in the MSM, especially with respect to regulation. We must call out government officials who are making it difficult for people to do business. We simply must call them out. And this is important, you know, if you recall the President himself said that there is no way the private sector can thrive. No way business can thrive. If government officials see themselves as roadblocks, see themselves as hindrances as opposed to facilitators, every government regulator must be a facilitator of business. We cannot afford a situation where as policemen women, they must be facilitators of business. I'm really excited to see what their budget chamber of commerce and industry is doing. And I think that as they say, if you are serious about anything, we will know by what it is that you are spending your money on and the fact that the budget chamber of commerce has tuned to spend its money on this permanent edifice for, as a convention center and offices, I think it's evident of the fact that they are really serious about this business of regulating the environment and also promoting business and the economy. I want to congratulate again Prince Aditya Kupuoka, a senior advocate of Nigeria, my dear friend and brother, who I think has proved the point in the years that he has been here. Of course, you know that he's on loan from the legal profession, where he distinguished himself. But now that he has started to focus on business, I think that we should hold him down here and make sure that he does more than build this convention center, but also works actively as he has done in building the Nigerian economy. And I want to congratulate you again for the very great work that you did while being president of the Chamber of Commerce and to welcome the new president of the Chamber of Commerce and hope that he will do even better and do even greater things. So I'd like to finally, as a final point, just wish to encourage the Apuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry. We've done quite a bit of work in terms of trying to see in what ways we can work with the private sector. We've gone to our business forum and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment is already fully involved in the business of ensuring that we promote a better business environment. So perhaps the Apuja Chamber of Commerce ought to play a more important role in any business environment. I'm sure that this is something we can work out because here in Apuja, the capital city of Nigeria, it's important that we make a point here that business runs well here and we create a model there for every other state and every other locality in Nigeria. So I'd like to again thank you very much for the honor of being here. Thank you very much.