MAN launches global campaign to promote patronage of madein Nigeria products
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) says it has launched a global advocacy campaign to encourage and promote patronage of madein-Nigeria products through circulating members’ product’s lists booklets to all Nigerian embassies and Federal Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) nationwide.
This was revealed by the National President of MAN, Alhaji Mansur Ahmed, while addressing the 46th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Kano/Jigawa branch of the association, held in Kano.
He said the advocacy campaign was recently initiated by the new leadership of the association with the aim of providing visibility for all the products manufactured in the country, as well as to ease their procurement by all customers as a step towards reaching out to indigenous manufacturers and encouraging wide patronage the products.
“As part of the global advocacy, MAN has published member’s products lists booklet which was distributed to all embassies of Nigeria around the world and all the MDAs, with the aim of placing before them, a comprehensive list of our members of and their products for ease of procurement by government.
“It is hoped that this step will encourage the government to reach out to indigenous manufacturers and patronise made-inNigeria products, in line with the association’s on-going campaign,” he explained.
Ahmed also noted that the profile of MAN has been on the rise, as well as a rise in her responsibility in the West African sub-region, and the Continent of Africa, such as the responsibility for reviving the Federation of West Africa Manufacturers Association (FEWAMA) assigned by the ECOWAS Commission and Africa Union.
On the recently signed African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA), the MAN president disclosed that the association has the backing of government to enhance the capacity of the manufacturing sector to maximize the opportunities inherent in the agreement.
In his address the chairman Bompai/ Jigawa Branch, Sani Hussien Saleh, called on the governments of Kano and Jigawa states to step-up support for local manufacturers in the their states emphasizing on the need for the federal government to ensure steady power supply to business areas in the states.