The Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo, on Tuesday, said the federal government will support the manufacturing and key sectors of the economy to improve their productivity amidst the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
He gave the assurance when he led a delegation from his ministry to pay a courtesy visit to the Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero.
The minister represented by director planning and strategies, ministry of Industries, trade and investments, Alhaji Tijjani Inuwa Babura, said they were in Kano to assess how the COVID-19 pandemic has created a consciousness among Kano citizen on the need for all stakeholders to look inward in solving the economic challenges.
Tijjani Inuwa who is also the chairman of Committee on Sustainable Production and Delivery of Essential Commodities during Covid-19 assured the Emir of Kano that the minister emphasised the need to boost local production of key commodities to chart a way forward.
‘’The on-going distortions in the Nigerian economy occasioned by instability in the management of forex, lack of electricity, infrastructure, as well as increased taxation, have continued to fuel the closure of industrial plants in Nigeria’s north-west states especially Kano,’’ he added.
In a remark, Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero described the visit as timely in view of the strategic place of Kano as a commercial hub in sub-Saharan Africa.
Bayero charged the team to fast track its work to accelerate the revival of moribund industries in the country.
On his part, Dalhatu Abubakar, President, Kano Chamber of Commerce, Mines and Industry (KACIMMA), lauded the Federal Government for the implementation of programmes designed to attract foreign direct investment and boost the economy.
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