Lagos – The Manufacturers’ Association of Nigeria (MAN) on Thursday in Lagos appealed to the Federal Government to give non-oil exports sector more support.
Chief Tunde Oyelola, Head of MAN’s Export Group, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Oyelola said that the support would increase the volume of non-oil exports and generate more revenue through the manufacture of exportable products.
“They should support EEG (Export Expanding Grants), the policy is very great, if they would have to adjust whatever it is EEG.
“I believe that EEG has done a lot for exports, for non-oil exports, so we need that.
“And two, We, I mean MANEG, we are trying to develop what we call trade houses in the ECOWAS region.
“So the trade houses within the ECOWAS region, we are trying to do it so that our manufactured goods would be able to reach the ECOWAS region.
“We will put a showroom in those countries, we put samples of manufactured goods in those countries, and then we put a staff, so that those countries can get to that ECOWAS capital, and access manufactured goods.
“And then we now from Nigeria, ship it to them.
“So this is the little way we can contribute to achieving non-oil exports in Nigeria.’’
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Oyelola urged the government to implement policies that would, ensure the provision of infrastructure that would boost the capacity of stakeholders in manufacturing and agriculture sector.
“The whole economy of non-oil exports is so great if we tap into it and put our policies right.
“And there’s a lot of potentials if we convert to kinetic energy, and simple thing we could do, the whole ECOWAS region, we have 360 million people, and that 360 million is a very big market.
“We don’t have to go far away, it’s our neighbour, it’s like a mango hanging there to be plucked.
“So if we create the infrastructure for our business, I believe that Nigeria will actually start tapping a lot of revenue.’’ (NAN)