FCT long overdue for industrial cluster – NASSI

The newly elected Chairman, Nigerian Association of Small Scale Industrialists (NASSI), FCT, Chief John Nzekwe, has expressed displeasure that FCT is yet to have an industrial park.

Nzekwe spoke with newsmen shortly after being sworn in as the new Chairman of NASSI, FCT, recently in Abuja.

He said that, right from the inception of NASSI, it was made clear that it would be the engine room of the economic and wealth creation of the country, adding that the objective was not being met.

According to him, the drivers of the association have not been able to steer it to the right path.

“Ordinarily, the sitting room of every Nigerian should have been a production centre; all these things we buy here and jubilate are produced in very small rooms in other climes.

“The role of NASSI is to laise with FG to create enabling environment for industrialisation to thrive; the Federal Government should inventors.

“In FCT, it is over due for us to have an industrial cluster; for instance, if you want to process your cassava, you just go the industrial cluster and get your starch and garri.

“The enabling environment is not there in terms of funding and facilities; we are going to tackle headlong, ‘’ he said.

On his part, Mr Solomon Vongfa, the acting DirectorGeneral of NASSI, said that there were many things China was doing that Nigeria was not doing right. encourage