Saraki to Wear Made-in-Aba Clothes to Senate Plenary Wednesday
Abuja — Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, yesterday,hinted that he would wear
made-in-Aba materials to the Senate plenary on Wednesday.
This came on the
heels of his call to Nigerians to support local entrepreneurs by
patronising locally made products, saying the country's economy can only
grow through such action.
Saraki spoke when
the Chief Executive Officer of Adic Designs Limited, Mr. Adiele Ekeke,
presented to him 29 locally made fabrics which the Senate President
ordered when he inspected the stalls of the participants at the Made in
Aba Trade Fair, held in Abuja recently.
The Senate
President, said he was happy that the Public Procurement Act was in the
process of being amended to encourage Nigerian industries through the
purchase of locally produced goods.
After receiving the
29 Made-In-Nigeria fabrics designed for him, the Senate President said
he would spread the message to all his colleagues in both chambers to
begin to patronise made in Nigeria products.
"On a serious note,
we must all work together to help our local industries. A lot of people
laugh about it, but it is a serious matter. I think that we should be
very committed," Saraki said, while adding that "this is how other
countries started and and have been able to succeed. So let us join
hands in supporting our own entrepreneurs."
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