Osinbajo advocates for the development of local industries in Aba
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo asked Nigerians to support Made-in-Nigerian product
Osinbajo said Nigeria would have no business patronizing China if the
local industries located in Aba can be supported and developed
Acting
president Yemi Osinbajo has called on Nigerians to support
Made-in-Nigeria goods and join hands to support and promote industries
located in Aba.
Osinbanjo said if Aba
industries can be supported and developed, Nigeria will have no business
importing from China as the local industries will be able to sustain
the economy.
Osinbajo said: “Aba was very strategic and important to the country in terms of manufacturing and production.”
Vanguard reports that Osinbajo made this statement while receiving a
delegation of some top functionaries of Abia State Government, Aba
businessmen and industrialists led by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu and the
Minister of Industry, Trade and Investments, Okey Enalemah at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja on Tuesday, February 28.
While commending Governor Ikpeazu, Osinbajo said: “Nigeria has no business with China if all hands are on deck to develop Aba as a major industrial Base.”
Speaking
after the Acting President, Governor Ikpeazu stated that “If Aba is
giving the needed and adequate attention, which include infrastructural
and human capacity development, it has the potential and capacity as the
SME capital of Nigeria, to position Nigeria as truly the giant of
Africa.
“Our government is
doing all we can do ensure the infrastructural turnaround of Aba, but we
can’t do it alone, that is why we are thankful to the Federal
Government for showing very strong interest in partnering with us to
development Aba as the SME capital of our dear country-Nigeria.”
It is our collective resolve to
promote goods and services made in Aba, and we will not relent in the
campaign. We call on Federal Government and multinational companies and
individuals to, not only join us in the campaigns, but to also patronize
made-in-Aba goods.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, says he is an ardent patron of products made in Aba and all he is wearing are made locally.
The
minister disclosed this in Umuahia on Monday, February 27, at the
Federal Government’s town hall meeting and the launch of the national
reorientation campaign, “Change Begins With Me’’ , in Abia.
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