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  • Abia, Turkey partner to promote made-in-Nigeria goods

    Abia, Turkey partner to promote made-in-Nigeria goods

    The Special Adviser to the Governor of Abia State on Investment Promotion and Public, Private Partnership Green-Amakwe has disclosed that the state government through the ministry of  Trade and Commerce is organising an international Summit that will bring in businessmen and women from Turkey and other European countries to the state.

    Amakwe spoke during a press briefing on Abia-Turkey  Investment Summit, Product Exhibition Press briefing in Abuja with the theme, ‘Summit is: Bridging Continents, Unlocking Prosperity,’ and it has been scheduled to hold from November 25-27, 2025, at the International Conference Centre, Umuahia, Abia State.

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    According to Amakwe, “We have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the VEGA Growing Global Enterprise signaling commitment to the success of the international investment summit and exhibition. The summit would provide an opportunity for international and local investors to explore the possibilities of Abia state and the many advantages it has as a preferred investment destination.

    “The administration of Dr. Alex Otti is committed to creating a more favourable investment environment for the people of the state and all investors who would like to identify with Abia as we are working assiduously with our partner, to host a successful investment summit in Umuahia.”

  • Nigeria first… make sure people embrace our ‘made-in-nigeria’ goods campaign while i’m away..

  • Lagos makes case for Made-in-Nigeria products

    The Lagos State government has joined forces with groups and individuals to help indigenous enterprises leverage the state’s socio-economic potential as well as its large population to create wealth for the people living in the state.

    Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives Registrar, Ayo Abiodun,  restated the need to patronise made- in-Nigeria products and services, saying the government would continue to encourage local industrialisation and resource reliance for wealth creation and economic growth.

    Abiodun, who spoke on behalf of the Lagos State Commissioner for Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives, Olayinka Oladunjoye, during the fifth Lagos Public Relations Stakeholders Conference with the theme “Addressing communication and reputation challenges” held in Lagos, said the state government had been in the forefront of made in Nigeria advocacy with its own purchases made in the state to create employment.

    She told The Nation that since the  government realised the worth of the indigenous businesses, especially those in the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector to socio-economic development, it has consciously lived up to the expectation of giving life to advocacy for patronage and consumption of local goods with diverse initiatives aimed at qualitative production, higher market feasibility and competitiveness as well as increased profitability of our local materials.

    She listed the MSMEs’ support initiatives as the MSMEs’ exclusive fair, the state micro credit support group trust fund, and review of the state procurement act. These are to accommodate patronage of MSMEs and encourage their participation in government bidding process, she said.

    She said the state collaborated with the Federal Government to hold the national MSME clinic, which served as a networking and problem-solving avenue between small businesses in the state and the federal regulatory support agencies.

  • Ambode seeks patronage of made-in-Nigeria

    The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, has advised Nigerians to patronise goods made in the country to create more jobs and develop the economy.

    Speaking during the inauguration of the furniture factory, “The Home and You” built by Mrs. Feyisola Abiru, in Ikorodu, Ambode  said the factory would produce industrial made-in-Nigeria furniture that can compete globally for both corporate and home use within and outside the country.  He said it is only through this means that the local economy could be developed.

    Represented by Rotimi Ogunleye and Mrs. Olayinka Oladunayo, commissioners  for Physical Planning and Commerce & Industry respectively, the governor commended Mrs Abiru for citing the factory at Ibeshe, a suburb of Ikorodu.

    “This is the first furniture company of its kind in the Ikorodu axis and a clear indication that the efforts of Lagos Sate government to provide security and infrastructure is beginning to yield positive fruits,” he said.

    Speaking at the event, Mrs. Abiru, identified, “passion and an undying crave for success had been the reason I was able to whether the storms in the early days of the 21 year old business.”

    She commended the Bank of Industry (BoI), in the realisation of the noble dream which today has become one of the major economic drivers in the state and Nigeria as a whole.

     

    “But for the support from BoI, we won’t be here today. They gave us the first facility in 2006 to get us running. We acquired world class machines from Italy, when we needed to improve on our quality and expand the capacity of the business, we approached them again for another facility which was granted in 2017,” she said.

    On his part, Olusegun Osunkeye, the pioneer chairman of the company, described the ‘Home and You’ as a great edifice, noting that  Nigeria would benefit from the establishment of the ultra-modern furniture factory as it would create employment and boost the local content policy of the government.  “They will use local wood to produce first class furniture, so it will create employment and because it is profitable, government will get its taxes, and impact skills on the surrounding. So, it is a factory that will bring many benefits to its immediate surroundings, Lagos state and ultimately to the country at large,” he said.

    At the current rate of population growth, more than 500 million Africans are projected to live in cities by 2030. This growth as well as favourable government policies in some African countries is believed to  favour the furniture businessas this is anticipated to increase the demand for real estate; residential accommodation, office space, hotels and schools.

  • Made In Nigeria returns to Lagos

    The poetry show, Made In Nigeria, is set to return to Lagos.

    After touring, the country since October 2016, the show will hit the Lagos stage on June 16 by 1pm and 4pm at TerraKulture.

    Though it premiered on September 30, 2016 in Abuja, it has been touring the country since then. It premiered in Lagos at the MUSON Centre on December 16, 2016, and is returning by popular demand to Lagos.

    Written by celebrated performance poet Dike Chukwumerije, Made In Nigeria is the nation’s first performance poetry theatre production.

    It has 20 poems linked by drama, dance and music, which tell the story of nation’s journey to nationhood.

    In 120 minutes, the performance tells a story on stage that is indisputably made in Nigeria.

    “Since we set off we have been to Abuja, Lagos, Enugu, Benin, Ile-Ife, Maiduguri, Yola, and Jos. We have travelled thousands of kilometres, by air and by road, and staged the show a total of 14 times so far in front of hundreds upon hundreds of people.

    “We have invites to come to Kaduna, Minna, Port Harcourt,  Owerri, Ibadan, Awka, Kano. But without deep pockets, we take small steps, one at a time, with faith and consistency,” said the organisers.

    According to them, tickets, which sell for N10,000 for VIP and N5,000 for regular are selling at a 25 per cent discount at www.simplypoetry.com.ng.

     

  • Dike Chukwumerije’s ‘Made in Nigeria’ heads to Jos

    Following two successful outings in Maiduguri on February 24 and Yola on April 7, Simply Poetry Ltd is slated to perform its staged poetry and theatre production headlined by Dike Chukwumerije again before a Jos audience in Plateau State on April 28, 2018.

    The 18-member cast and crew of the ‘Made in Nigeria’ show are billed to perform at Mees Palace Rayfield Jos by 5pm.

    The show is poetry for stage production that tells 102 years of Nigeria’s journey from amalgamation to present day using poetry, song, dance and drama.

    So far, the show has been to seven cities across Nigeria, reaching close to 10,000 people with a message of empathy, love and tolerance on the journey to nationhood and the recent sponsored stop-overs at Maiduguri and Yola were part of a larger effort to encourage peace-building through developing alternative non-violent channels for the venting of grievances.

    The underlying message of the show, according to its creator, Dike Chukwumerije, is that ‘though tribe and tongue may differ, there is indeed a shared brotherhood, and sisterhood, rooted in the years we have shared as Nigerians and the many points of convergence this has given us.’

    The ‘Made in Nigeria Show’ is a live performance poetry production company that fuses poetry with other art forms to deliver unforgettable experiences. The show was first unveiled at the Merit House, Maitama, Abuja on the 30th of September, 2016.

    The show has already been to cities like Lagos, Benin, Enugu, Ile-Ife and Abuja before catching the eye of a donor who sponsored the staging of the show at the University of Maiduguri on February 24, 2018 and again in Yola on April 7, 2018.

  • We’ll sustain Made-in-Nigeria patronage campaign, says Fed Govt

    We’ll sustain Made-in-Nigeria patronage campaign, says Fed Govt

    THE Federal Government says it will intensify and sustain the campaign for the patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products in a drive to diversify the economy, create jobs and generate wealth.

    Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed stated this in Lagos yesterday at the launch of the Southwest campaign for the patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products by the Ministries of Information and Culture as well as Industry, Trade and Investment.

    Mohammed said: “One issue that is very important to our administration is the diversification of the economy away from oil. Boosting industrial development, especially through the local production of goods and services, is a major fulcrum of this policy. Patronising Made-in-Nigeria goods and services is also key to the success of the policy. This is why we are passionate about this Made-in-Nigeria Campaign.”

    Mohammed restated the administration’s commitment to institutionalising the patronage of locally-made products by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) through the review of the Bureau of Public Procurement Act to make it mandatory for the MDAs to patronise local products.

    He said the campaign followed the Executive Order signed by the then Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, to encourage the patronage of locally-made products as a deliberate policy to conserve foreign exchange as well as to boost business for Nigerian companies so they can employ more people and earn revenue.

    The minister used the occasion to appeal to private media establishments to join hands with the government to create awareness among the citizenry on the patronage of locally-made products.

    He said he had personally undertaken a number of advocacy visits to encourage local manufacturers and also help to showcase their products, citing the visit to Innoson Motors in Nnewi, Anambra State,in June this year and his commissioning of a local manufacturing plant for Set-Top-Boxes in Calabar in October 2017.

    Mohammed expressed the hope that manufacturers will key into the campaign and exchange views with other stakeholders, such as the Standard Organisation of Nigeria, to improve their products and enhance their packaging so they can compete with other products and also take advantage of ICT to market their products.

    Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment Hajia Aisha Abubakar said the vision of the present administration is to import that which is absolutely necessary for production purposes and export only finished, value-added products.

    She said to ensure effective implementation of the vision, a committee has been constituted to handle monitoring, evaluation and reporting on the level of compliance by MDAs with the Executive Order 003 on the Ease of Doing Business and support for local content in Public-Private Partnership by the Federal Government.

    Foremost Juju music maestro and an Ambassador of the ‘Change Begins With Me’ Campaign, King Sunny Ade, spiced the campaign with music.

     

  • Abia generates N1.4bn from Made-in-Nigeria products

    Abia generates N1.4bn from Made-in-Nigeria products

    Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia said on Thursday that the state had generated N1.4 billion from the sale of Made-in-Nigeria goods, since the campaign began.

    The governor disclosed this while addressing state House Correspondents in Abuja after conferring with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the proposed committee on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises ( MSME ) Council.

    “Part of the direct fall out of our campaign since the past 24 months is that today some parts of Ariaria market, where the shoe making enterprise is flourishing, has enjoyed steady power for three weeks now.

    “It is on a pilot scheme courtesy of the agency in charge of rural power supply.

    “Beyond that we are interfacing and having better relationship with funding agencies now.

    “And we were able to attract about N1.3billion or N1.4 billion on direct sales from the Made-in-Aba shoes, made in Abia dresses and all that,’’ he said.

    The governor stated that besides the investments the Made-in-Aba fashion show was held in Abuja and another one was held in New York where they (manufacturers) came face to face with world class designers “and we did not do badly at all’’.

    “The Made-in-Nigeria campaign has assumed international dimension now,’’ he added.

    He said the visit to the Vice President was because, “we are trying to set up a committee for the MSME Council and I am a critical stakeholder in that because Abia state is the SME hub of Nigeria today.

    “We are actually interested in what happens; the patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products in Abia is going up,’’ Ikpeazu explained.

    On what the state had done to encourage local industries, the governor stated that having direct sales of N1.4 billion was not a joke and ensuring that there was constant and uninterrupted power supply for three weeks was not also a mean feat.

    According to the governor, exposing them to fairs as far as to New York is not something you sweep under the carpet.

    “Confidence is returned; everybody now places“ Proudly Aba, Proudly Nigeria’’ on his ware.

    “If our youths are happy doing what they are doing then we have started something.

    Ikpeazu stated that his administration had been working on infrastructure steadily including roads, electricity, security as all of them were part of enablers that would drive the vision.

    According to him, this government has completed about 45 roads and about 25 of those roads are in Aba.

    “We are doing the first flyover in the entire Abia state in Aba and the cement roads we are doing; our roads have survived three rainy seasons now and they are standing.’’

    On Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts, the governor described him as his brother but noted that Kanu was not in the custody of Abia government.

    “Those who are looking for him may have a better knowledge and have the capacity to determine the location of anyone in Nigeria.

    “There are people who are trained to track people and it is their responsibility not mine,’’ the governor stated.

    Kanu was the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra ( IPOB ).

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  • Abia generates N1.4bn from Made-in-Nigeria products

    Abia generates N1.4bn from Made-in-Nigeria products

    Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State yesterday said that the state had generated N1.4 billion from the sale of Made-in-Nigeria goods since the campaign began.

    The governor disclosed this while addressing state House Correspondents in Abuja after conferring with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on the proposed committee on the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Council.

    “Part of the direct fall out of our campaign since the past 24 months is that today some parts of Ariaria market, where the shoemaking enterprise is flourishing, has enjoyed steady power for three weeks now.

    “It is in the pilot scheme, courtesy of the agency in charge of the rural power supply.

    “Beyond that, we are interfacing and having a better relationship with funding agencies now.

    “And we were able to attract about N1.3billion or N1.4 billion on direct sales from the Made-in-Aba shoes, made in Abia dresses and all that,” he said.

    The governor stated that besides the investments the Made-in-Aba fashion show was held in Abuja and another one was held in New York where they (manufacturers) came face to face with world class designers “and we did not do badly at all.

    “The Made-in-Nigeria campaign has assumed international dimension now,” he added.

    He said the visit to the Vice President was because “we are trying to set up a committee for the MSME Council and I am a critical stakeholder in that because Abia state is the SME hub of Nigeria today.

    “We are actually interested in what happens; the patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products in Abia is going up,” Ikpeazu explained.

    On what the state had done to encourage local industries, the governor stated that having direct sales of N1.4 billion was not a joke and ensuring that there was a constant and uninterrupted power supply for three weeks was not also a mean feat.

    According to the governor, exposing them to fairs as far as to New York is not something you sweep under the carpet.

    “Confidence is returned; everybody now places“ Proudly Aba, Proudly Nigeria,” on his ware.

    “If our youths are happy doing what they are doing then we have started something.

    Ikpeazu stated that his administration had been working on infrastructure steadily including roads, electricity, security as all of them were part of enablers that would drive the vision.

    According to him, this government has completed about 45 roads and about 25 of those roads are in Aba.

    “We are doing the first flyover in the entire Abia state in Aba and the cement roads we are doing; our roads have survived three rainy seasons now and they are standing.”

    On Nnamdi Kanu’s whereabouts, the governor described him as his brother but noted that Kanu was not in the custody of Abia government.

    “Those who are looking for him may have a better knowledge and have the capacity to determine the location of anyone in Nigeria.

    “There are people who are trained to track people and it is their responsibility not mine,” the governor stated.

    Kanu was the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

  • ‘Patronise Made-in-Nigeria products’

    ‘Patronise Made-in-Nigeria products’

    Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, a board member of the Proudly Nigerian Campaign , has called on Nigerians to patronise Made-in-Nigeria products and services.

    Ohuabunwa, who spoke during the presentation of the Certificate of Recognition to him for his contribution to economy of the country  said: “The truth is that Nigeria is our country. If we want it to be good, we will make it good. If we want it to be developed, we play a role to make it developed. If we want it to be a peaceful country, everybody has a role to play from the government to the people.

    “The government should always take a lead in the campaign for locally made goods, and then the people will follow. We must have the ownership of our nation. One way to show that ownership is to patronize what we make in our own country. We should be people who eat Nigerian food, who wear the clothes, who use Nigerian products: medicines, bags, shoes and furniture.

     “Made-in-Nigeria products should be patronized by our people because that is the only way to grow our economy and create wealth. We need a lot of economic activities; we need people to think Nigeria when it comes to making investment.

    “Therefore, we must moderate our appetite for foreign goods and services. Those countries developed by using their own services and patronizing their own products. That is what we are saying in this mission ‘Proudly Nigerian’. We must be proud of our products and we encourage government to do whatever it takes to make every Nigerian proud of belonging to his nation”.