Manufacturers To Explore Nigeria First Policy Potential

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) said it aims to deepen speech connected unlocking the afloat imaginable of the Nigeria First policy, which seeks to beforehand section accumulation and patronage of made-in-Nigeria goods and services.

The Association volition bash this astatine its 53rd Annual General Meeting (AGM), which volition beryllium held connected October 16, 2025, successful Lagos. The taxable volition beryllium ‘Nigeria First: Prioritising Patronage of Made successful Nigeria’.

The president of MAN, Otunba Francis Meshioye, disclosed this astatine a property league held yesterday successful Lagos.

He announced that “our Guest Speaker astatine this year’s Annual General Meeting is Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Africa’s starring industrialist, president/ CEO of the Dangote Group. Aliko Dangote’s communicative is an epitome of the Nigeria First spirit.”

According to him, helium has built 1 of Africa’s largest Conglomerates, spanning cement, sugar, salt, fertilisers, and lipid refineries. His concern has redefined Nigeria’s Industrial landscape, created thousands of jobs, and reduced dependence connected imports. His concern decisions implicit the past decades seizure the precise essence of our theme: ‘Nigeria First: Prioritising Patronage of Made successful Nigeria’. His beingness volition animate our discussions arsenic we navigate the adjacent signifier of Nigeria’s Industrial growth.

Meshioye said that the lawsuit is cautiously designed to provoke captious discussions, foster partnership, and item the urgency of implementing the ‘Nigeria First’ Policy, saying that “over the past year, Nigeria’s economical situation has remained challenging, yet it is marked by renewed hope, arsenic bold argumentation steps are being taken to reposition the system for growth.”

“This argumentation represents a turning constituent for our nation, which seeks to foster economical self-reliance, industrialisation and nationalist pride. By mandating each Ministries, Departments, and agencies (MDAs) to patronise made successful Nigeria goods and services that tin beryllium sourced locally, the national authorities has signalled its resoluteness to spot section industries astatine the bosom of economical transformation.”

He added that “the ‘Nigeria First’ Policy is much than a argumentation directive; it is simply a telephone to enactment to fortify our industries, deepen section worth chains, and reposition Nigeria from a consumer-driven system to a productive economy.”