THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ADVISED TO ASSIST LOCAL MANUFACTURERS AND FARMERS WITH NECESSARY FACILITIES TO ENSURE FOOD SUFFICIENCY AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN THE COUNTRY NIGERIA

The federal government has advised to assist local manufacturers and farmers with necessary facilities to ensure food sufficiency and poverty reduction in the country. The Chief Executive Officer of Eyisco’s Food Limited CHIEF ERIC NWOFIA gave the advice to restore the tomato paste and food manufacturer in Plants by the minister of science and technology DR. OGBONNAYA ONU in Lagos.

According to reporter from Lagos state Nigeria who said that CHIEF ERIC NWOFIA who has taken the risk advised to assist local manufacturers and farmers with necessary required facilities to restore the sanity of tomato paste and food manufacturing Plants in the country, said that Nigerian citizens should patronized Made in Nigerian Product to the detriment of foreign ones and stop preferring foreign products to the locally made ones. And this is done in the demonstration of the nation’s economy from all dependent to non numeral sector. This is perhaps, the reason for Eyisco Foods Initiatives, of converting 75% of tomato rate in to fresh ripe tomato paste as he warns them to leave the country to fulfill demands by December 2016 and expect result by 2017.

CHIEF ERIC NWOFIA who also observed that the effort of the local manufacturers is being rendered by government granting and approving foreign exchange in Nigeria, from importation of food Items that could be produced locally. CHIEF ERIC NWOFIA who commended the effort of the Nigerian president MUHAMMADU BUAHRI for creating equal playing field for local manufacturers, however he declared the activities of the foreigners who leave Nigeria as dumping ground for substandard product. According to CHIEF ERIC NWOFIA he also specified that if from now government should stop all these foreign exchange manufacturers from shipping their product in the country so that we can manage our locally made ones and improve the standard as well, he said that this will force the foreigners to come down to Nigeria and invest in our economy to improve development and economic standard of the nation Nigeria.

The association of Agricultural product and equipment manufacturers in Nigeria appealed to federal government to all it could to assist its members in their quest to support locally manufactured product. The minister of science and technology DR. OGBONNAYA ONU commended Eyisco Food Limited for its very strife in producing tomato paste and other food items, and pledged federal government commitment towards achieving the objectives of creative content policy in the manufacturing sector. According to DR. OGBONNAYA ONU the country needs to do away with this foreign product for the good of our children and the future of the nation Nigeria.

The director general of the federal institute of industrial research Oshodi, Lagos State Nigeria MRS. GLORIA ELEME said there will be collaboration between federal institute of industrial research and Eyisco Food Limited in the production of locally made product in Nigeria. Federal institute of industrial research is makers of high quality and viable brand of tomato paste such as Rebico, Nabico and a host of other quality civil product and is the biggest tomato paste manufacturing company in Africa.

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