Ban the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 use of foreign products at official functions and in government offices:
Nigeria’s Daily Champion -The Federal Government on Tuesday imposed a Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 ban on the use of foreign beverages at official functions and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 in government offices.
The ban covers tea, coffee, biscuits, fruit juices, water and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 soft drinks. President Umaru Yar’Adua gave the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 directive at the official launch of the Made-in-Nigeria products camapign in Abuja. Yar’Adua, who Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 was represented by Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan, also directed that Nigeria’s foreign aid to Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 other countries must utilize Nigerian products like “Nigerian assembled vehicles and Nigerian made blankets.
“Henceforth, all government contractors must give priority to Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the use of Nigerian products whose quality is certified by relevant regulatory agencies of government like Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and NAFDAC.
“All uniforms and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 boots of the armed forces; Army, Navy, Air Force, Police as well as para-military, Customs, Immigration, Prisons and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 Civil Defence Corps, Road Safety etc must be sourced from Nigerian manufacturers certified by SON,’’ Yar’Adua added.
The president noted that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the policy measures were to boost industrial production, check imports and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 revive the nation’s ailing industrial sector.
He said that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the campaign to buy Made-in-Nigeria products was one of the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 measures meant to counter the negative effects of the global economic crisis on the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 manufacturing sector.
Yar’Adua reiterated the government’s commitment to Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the revival of the industrial sector, particularly the textile industry that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 used to be the most vibrant of the economy.
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“Unfortunately many industries had Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 to close shop due to lack of patronage of their products by Nigerians.
“We mus, therefore, re-orientate ourselves to Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 value what we produce in order to develop a strong and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 virile industrial base,’’ he said.
The president appealed to Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the organised private sector to demonstrate a high sense of consumer patriotism by following the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 footsteps of the government in their procurement programmes.
In his comments, Chief Achike Udenwa, the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 Minister of Commerce and Industry, called on the government to patronise Made-in-Nigeria products.
“For this Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 campaign to succeed, a strong political will is needed to back it Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 up by patronising Made-in-Nigeria products in government’s procurement programmes.
“This way, the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 general public will be sensitised to embracing the campaign,’’ he said.
Udenwa said that the nation’s leadership, including both the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 executive and the legislature, should buy and be seen to be Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 using Made-in-Nigeria products.
He said the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 target of the campaign was to see that Nigerians valued and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 took pride in Nigerian products.
He said this Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 could only be achieved if Nigerian textiles as well as other manufactured goods were used by Nigerians in their day-to-day lives.
The minister, however, stressed that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the campaign was not about buying poor quality and sub-standard products simply because they are Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 Nigerian.
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Udenwa noted that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the challenges faced by local manufacturers, especially high energy cost and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 dumping of foreign goods in the Nigerian
market had contributed greatly to the sorry state of the sector.
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He called on all the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Federal Produce Inspection Services (FPIS) to continue with their good works on standards.
In his remarks, Alhaji Bashir Borodo, President, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), said the success of the campaign would be “victory’’ for the country.
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“The products that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 emerge from the combination of these two assets should therefore command our pride and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 our patronage,’’ he said.
Borodo recalled that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 MAN had started this campaign more than 30 years ago and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 had since then continued to carry out the campaign through various media and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 corporate representations.
He also noted that Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 the association was facing challenges that hampers its success.
Such challenges, he said, included inadequate infrastructure, especially power, lack of patronage of Made-in-Nigeria products by Nigerians and Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 a dearth of business friendly funding windows.
Others are Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 bureaucratic bottleneck and failure of government services and utilities, especially at the Generic Hydrocodone Apap 7 5 500 ports and the huge influx of foreign goods.
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