Formulation, administration and review of policies and strategies for industrial and commercial development.
Creation of enabling environment for industrial and trade development.
Co-ordination and
supervsion of parastatal sector restructuring through privatization and commercialization.
Post privatization monitoring and evaluation of Sales and Joint Venture Agreements.
Enterpreneurship Promotion and development.
Promotion of environment friendly technologies.
Monitoring of industrial sector performance.
Promotion of international trade through bilateral, multilateral and regional co-operation.
To facilitate industrial and trade development through appropriate recommendations on the enabling legal framework.
Export and import management.
To perform managerial and administrative functions relating to the sector.
Preparation and co-ordination of recurrent and development budget for the sector including financial management and accounting for Government and donor funds.
Planning, programming and mobilization of both internal and external resources for strategic industrial and trade projects.
Supervision of Agencies and firms performing regulatory roles with specific reference to industry and trade licensing, company and business registration, weights and measures, quality and standardisation and competition policy.
Human resources development in specialized fields.