How can Nigerians be encouraged to patronise Made-in-Nigeria products?
- Akinade Nifemi
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min read
Updated: Feb 3, 2021
The ways in which I think Nigerians can be encouraged to patronise locally made products is by creating awareness and running continuous campaigns just like that of the Spirit of Lagos that sought to change the orientation of Lagosians by making them take ownership of their environment, do the right thing and allowing their conscience to talk to them when they want to drop trash on the road or beat the traffic light. Another type of campaign that can be done is the approach by a Senator in the National Assembly on twitter #BuyNaijaToGrowTheNaira, thereby the benefits of buying made-in-Nigeria goods can be emphasized. For example, buying made in Nigeria goods will boost employment generation in the country, help conserve the nation’s foreign reserve and strengthen the naira against the dollar and other foreign currency thereby making the country financially healthy and self-dependent, boost the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and also help add value to the economy. The government also needs to help boost Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country by providing them with soft loans. It is important to note that major prosperous economies of the world today boosted their small and medium enterprises as a way to solidify their economy. Nigeria must follow suit to succeed economically and secure its place as a regional and global economic power.

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