Nigerian consumers should change their mindset and patronise locally-produced goods, especially in the agricultural sector, to boost revenue and job creation, the Special Adviser to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, has said.
Speaking at a one-day seminar/exhibition with the theme “Re-orientation towards ensuring preference and consumption of domestic agro-allied products”, organised by Zakclair Investment Limited, Adesina, who was represented by the Special Assistant to the President on New Media, Tolu Ogunlesi, said more Nigerians would be financially empowered when people patronise locally manufactured goods.
The presidential spokesperson observed that most developed nations of the world were those whose economies were based on the local production of goods. Adesina said, “We must also be willing to innovate with our local products in ways that can get us a wider audience. Instead of expending scarce resources and importing goods and services, we can channel them to create jobs for people. We need to believe more in the value of what is indigenous to us, as a people.“When we consume locally made products, there will be less pressure on our foreign exchange. In the same breath, the value addition that happens locally means jobs.
Delivering the keynote address, the Executive Secretary of the Agricultural Research Council of Nigeria, Prof. Garba Sharabutu, urged stakeholders to stop paying lip service to the efforts to drive the consumption of made-in-Nigeria products, saying “we need to take it from words to action”.
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