MAN, government hold manufacturers’ summit

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) is presently holding a manufacturers’ acme with the Federal Government, Ministries, Departments and Agencies.

The summit, which started yesterday astatine the Banquet/Conference Hall, State House, Abuja and will extremity tomorrow, is themed, “Rethinking Manufacturing.”

MAN’s DG, Segun Ajayi Kadir, said it is necessitated by the authorities of the manufacturing sector, which has remained a large interest to the government, industrialists and Nigerians. He said the taxable underscores the request for applicable solutions to the myriads of challenges limiting manufacturing show done the adoption of innovative strategies that tin warrant higher productivity, competitiveness and sustainability of the sector.

He added that they are expecting that the engagements would supply invaluable insights into the argumentation direction, expectations of the government and practical solutions to the binding constraints.

“There are absorption radical discussions betwixt top-level authorities officials, manufacture operators and experts; insightful presentations connected emerging trends and champion practices successful manufacturing; accumulation of made-in-Nigeria products; networking opportunities; showcasing of innovative products, technologies and solutions successful the Nigerian manufacturing sector.

“Specifically, the absorption radical method league volition bring unneurotic applicable ministries, departments and agencies, top-level CEOs of manufacturing concerns, continental commercialized institutions, taxable substance experts and the academia to sermon the 5 pillars of the acme which are promoting growth, upscaling productivity and improving competitiveness, enhancing vigor information and infrastructure development, improving macroeconomic situation and easiness of doing business; improving patronage of made-in-Nigeria products and section contented improvement and finally, leveraging determination and continental commercialized for export development.

“We are looking astatine however to execute sustained manufacturing maturation done the instauration of a conducive concern environment, guaranteeing security, boosting cultivation production and strengthening proviso concatenation resilience by leveraging technology.

We expect to scope a statement with the Federal Government connected the imperatives for intentional improvement of manufacturing and the crafting of a time-framed strategical roadmap for the solution of the identified challenges and attainment of dependable maturation for the sector,” helium said.