The Minister of State for Budget and National Planning, Prince Clem Agba has called on Nigerians to ditch the mentality of thinking foreign products are better than made-in-Nigeria brands, IgbereTV reports
The Minister made the call at the weekend during a Facility Tour of the assembly plant of Jet Systems Automobile Industries Ltd located at Gbogije, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Lagos State.
Prince Agba who was accompanied by the Taraba State Commissioner for Budget and Planning, Hon Solomon Elisha alongside 25 other Commissioners of Budget and Economic Development across the country, noted that asides better quality of the home-grown brands, they also present many advantages for the country.
He also advocated for a move from primary production to the creation of value adding goods to help improve foreign earnings into the country.
After the Facility Tour which also included the display of the Jet Mover Electric Van (the first in Nigeria) and the DC fast charging station, the Minister said he believes the Jetvan brand and others across the length and breadth of Nigeria were charting a new cause in the fledgling vehicle assemblage industry.
‘‘A journey of a thousand miles starts with a step and with what I see here and what is happening in other places across Nigeria, we only need publicity and encouragement so that Nigerians begin to accept made in Nigeria products because we tend to think products made outside the country are superior and that mindset has to change
