The Senate
THE Senate, Wednesday adopted a motion seeking the amendment of the Procurement Act to compel all government agencies and institutions to give maximum priority to patronising locally made products.
Adopting a two prayer motion moved by Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe (PDP Abia South) titled “Need For Patronisation of Made-in-Nigeria Goods,” the Senate urged the Federal Government to initiate and implement the first option policy on purchase of locally manufactured goods for any government procurement in all arms of government and every public funded organisation.
It also urged both the National Assembly to amend the Procurement Act to ensure that as a matter of law, agencies of government and government funded institutions adopt ‘the made-in-Nigeria’ goods first option policy and where consideration is first given to the local industry before any other.
In a comment shortly after the motion had been passed, Senate President Bukola Saraki said: “I used the opportunity to commend him because I had the opportunity to attend the ‘Made-in-Aba’ exhibition which he has been doing using the zonal intervention funds and I think it was very good because as you all know there is a wrong misconception sometimes of this zonal intervention funds of the National Assembly. The perception sometimes are these monies is not used for any good course and it was very commendable to see that for years these monies has been used to support his trade fair,” he said.
Earlier, Abaribe lamented that: “Today, Nigeria consumes what it does not produce. Investment in real sector has given way to trading in foreign and imported goods, stressing that the resultant impact has been a negative balance of trade, the shutting down of textiles companies, battery, tobacco, wood processing factories, cocoa and palm oil farms and other factories that had been the bane of the Nigerian economy.”
According to him, government spends billions of naira yearly to purchase imported vehicles, furniture, textiles, printing paper and even consumables such as rice, drugs, vegetable oils, fruit juice, noting that in the second quarter of 2015 alone, Nigeria spent N42.4 billion in importation of wheat and meslin and spent N25.3 billion in importation of rice.
Abaribe, therefore urged government to put measures in place to ensure obligatory official patronage of locally made products for all agencies of government and all officials funded by public funds, local producers and investors will have the incentive to invest quantitatively and qualitatively in the country because of the certainty of the market demand.
http://telltimes..com/2016/03/senate-moves-to-enforce-patronage-of.html

I pray they enforce and stick to the motion cos even if change doesnt show itself,purchasing made in naija will go a Long way in building a better Naija.

make saraki return d Benz first n buy innoson and make twitter senator reprint his book for lagos....make edo gov marry 9ja girl....our fuel self,na extract in Nigeria,refine in foreign land,consume in Nigeria....this country is sick,we can only come together to heal the country......imagine senators preaching madein9ja.....lead by example

na today!!! make we de watch na

Mitchew. I thought saraki went to inspect innoson company of lately,thinking he will patronise d company but to my greatest suprise oga bought 3 benz.abeg make we live mata for marthayas.

The president should spell some massive strategic planning and national mobilization toward that

It seems Saraki (Senate) is working even more than PMBuhari

After he just justified buying two German Made Mercedes benz S-Class Special & Japanese Toyota Landcruisers, he now want to enforce the rest of us buying Innoson.


They should get away..

Buhari nd Sanusi y nw

Lol, Nigeria Senate claiming serious. Just watch them forget this as soon as the price of oil regains strength. Obligatory official patronage only for the masses while the rich still engage in medical tourism, foreign made ostentatious goods, among others. The only time things will work in Nigeria is when public office holders are denied the privilege of foreign medical trip, and their kids made to enjoy the sophisticated system of education we have in place. Else, we are on a wild-goose chase.

I have a better option, but practical one at that..
I need the twitter senator to help me with this. What if there is a law that Monday, Wednesday and Friday, all government civil servants, and private workers should wear made in Nigeria ANKARA or any other Nigerian Fabrics with the exception of on site engineers (who wear PPE), doctors (lab coat) and Lawyers who have their uniform. The billion dollar textile mill will come back to life and tailors in Nigeria will have work to do.

Ok

Toh... We d watch.. All vacations too should be in Nigeria... They should not forget that

I see

Make Buhari and his ministers return their imported cars first, make dem start to dey produce super eagles(chicken) jersey and lastly make.....

ok

anything to grow the Naira

however, the Nigerian made goods need to be improved upon so that we get value for money

I hope the senators would lead by Example "do as I do, not do as I say"

Sick and deranged senate president hypocrites in the making,After buying a foreign Benz car,Innoson motors is very much close to Saraki yet he bought a car from overseas ,you are now compelling other Nigerians to patronize made in Nigeria goods,what happens to charity begins at home.We Nigerians have made so many unconscious mistakes believing in these thievery politicians. OIL IS POISON TO LIFE! Once the price of Oil bounces back high then you know their true colors.

I smell lies. Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!

BUHARI PREFERS HER CHILDREN TO SKUL ABROAD, LOVES TO RIDE BMW, PREFER OYINBO DOCTOR TO NAIJA, SARAKI PREFERS MERCEDES BENZ TO INNOSON, ETC

DO THESE LEGISLOOTERS THINKS THAT NIGERIANS ARE FOOLS?

AS FOR ME WHEN IT COMES TO BUYING CARS, QUALITY EDUCATION, I WILL SAY NO TO NIGERIAN MADE.

Patronizing naija made goods should include seeking medical care in Nigeria cos I know vividly well that most of our doctors can do very well. All vacations should be in Nigeria as well, visits by our tourist president should be within Nigeria.



















Then I would know Nigeria is well patronized.

JAYPEE

Good news, let it start from the government.

God bless sen. abaribe for this motion, adoption and implementation is what we need now. It's time we embrace what we have and stop killing our economy with unfavorable balance of trade.

Nice

And it should start from the governement houses where even the fruit juices are imported.
I could remember president obasanjo enforcing this in Aso rock...

Nice!

2rez:
I smell lies. Lies! Lies!! Lies!!!

This is one typical mugu.
Give us one proof to show it's a lie

The latest word in PDP dictionary is PROPAGANDA. Everything is now propaganda. You eat eba, propaganda, obama is in Nigeria, propaganda, chelsea wins norwich city, propaganda

I can bet they don't even know the meaning of propaganda

olaolayink:
make saraki return d Benz first n buy innoson and make twitter senator reprint his book for lagos....make edo gov marry 9ja girl

Yes oh make e give me lara

With all these SON needs to step up their game

Government have been our problem since centuries...



Why has it taken so long?



Anyway, better be late than never...

Abakaliki rice

Hmm...
Commendable