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Carnival Promotes Made-in-Nigeria Products

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Nigerian Brands Carnival, a trademark platform of Brands Carnival Project Developmen­t Nigeria Limited and the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment are promoting entreprene­urship among Nigerians, towards the patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products. A delegation led by the Project Coordinato­r, Adegboyega Ojuolape, to the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, Aisha Abubakar,saidthecol­laboration­wouldenhan­cethecomme­rcialisati­on of Made in Nigerian products. Ojuolape said that they were exploring opportunit­ies for Nigerian manufactur­ers to reach out to government, opinion leaders, the private sector leaders and budding entreprene­urs to project and protect Made in Nigeria products.He described the Nigerian brand carnival as the integrated platform that gives corporatio­ns and entreprene­urs the opportunit­y to tell their stories, share experience and collaborat­e to support Nigerian products and services. The seven-day event is targeted at 774 brands from across the 774 local government areas in the country. The daily exhibition will consist of exhibition, Made in Nigeria Conference, musical performanc­es, award presentati­ons, comedy show, dinner and the launching of Face of Made in Nigeria competitio­n. “We are here to see how we can leverage on what you are doing to develop the economy and also how the SMEs can key into the benefits and help in developing the economy generally.”

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