Aremu Hails Buhari’s Industrial Policy

The General Secretary of National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN), Issa Aremu, has stated that Nigeria is witnessing a renewed activism in the promotion of industrial development under President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration whose creative industrial policies are promoting value addition, making labour and capital operate with ease, to create mass decent jobs.

Aremu stated this during the celebration of African Industrialisation Day (AID), which was marked in Calabar, Cross River State in appreciation of the industrialisation drive of Cross River State Governor, Benedict Ayade, setting up of a garment factory that has the potential of employing some 5,000 workers. The theme of this year’s observation of AID is: “Positioning African Industry to Supply the ACFTA Market.”

It would be recalled that The United Nations, through its Resolution of 22 December 1989, proclaimed November 20 as Africa Industrialization Day.

AID was set up to create global awareness regarding the industrialisation challenges faced by the continent to mobilise African leaders and international organisations to create partnerships, and advocate South South and triangular cooperation towards an accelerated and sustainable industrialisation of the continent

According to Issa Aremu, Governor Ayade has made the point that government indeed has business in business.