MAN, Dangote seek legislative backing for ‘Nigeria First’ policy

 By Yinka Kolawole & Providence Ayanfeoluwa  

The President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Francis Meshioye, and the President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote person emphasized the request for the Federal Government to backmost up the ‘Nigeria First’ argumentation with enabling authorities that volition guarantee its enforcement crossed each ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).

They some spoke yesterday, successful Lagos, astatine the 5th Adeola Oduntola Lecture/Presidential Luncheon, arsenic portion of the 53rd Annual General Meeting of MAN, with the theme, “Prioritising Made-in-Nigeria”.

In his opening remarks, Meshioye said the effectual implementation of the concern argumentation is cardinal and indispensable beryllium carried retired without hesitation, adding that compliance should beryllium tied to show metrics monitored by an constitution oregon an empowered and good resourced National Bureau of Procurement.

He added that determination is simply a request to allocate and operationalise N1 trillion stabilisation money for manufacturers.

He said:”The Nigeria First argumentation is not simply a telephone to action, it is simply a nationalist imperative.

“The aboriginal of our manufacturing sector, and so our economical sovereignty, depends connected our corporate resoluteness to prioritise section worth creation, enforce supportive policies, and put boldly successful our concern base.”

Meanwhile, the Guest Speaker astatine the event, Dangote appealed to the authorities to prioritise ‘Nigeria First’ argumentation with the purpose of deepening the manufacturing sector.

Dangote, who was represented by the President of Pan African Manufacturers Association (PAMA), Engr. Ahmed Mansur, said the manufacturing is cardinal to immoderate nation’s economical growth, noting that its maturation has a multiplier effect connected the country’s GDP than immoderate different assemblage successful the economy.

According to him, this makes it indispensable for Nigeria to prioritise policies that enactment the deepening of her manufacturing sector.

He pointed that the ‘Nigeria First’ argumentation is forward- looking, and an entreaty for concern self-sufficiency, economical resilience and greater competitiveness successful the planetary market.

His words: “For the Nigeria archetypal argumentation to work, it indispensable beryllium designed arsenic a durable, binding nationalist strategy for concern development, susceptible of withstanding governmental transitions and marketplace unit alike. It should beryllium anchored connected some planetary champion practices and Nigeria’s ain concern realities”.

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