Group tasks FG on value-addition to raw materials, produce export
Group tasks FG on value-addition to raw materials, produce export
The Southern Nigeria People’s Mandate (SNPM), a socioeconomic and political pressure group tasks the Federal Government (FG) on value-addition to all exportable raw materials and produce in the country.
The Chairman of SNPM, Chief Augustine Chukwudum, said this in Enugu on Saturday after a four-hour deliberation on the three years of President Bola Tinubu in office.
Chukwudum noted that the only way to fast track the nation’s development was to move from the present export of raw materials and produce to packaging value-added raw materials and farm produce as well as finished goods/commodities for export.
“The federal government should lead in stopping the export of mineral resources and farm produce in their raw state, including crude oil.
“As a country, let us concentrate on processing mineral resources and farm produce here in Nigeria; then the finished products will be exported.
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“This will attract investors, create jobs, increase productivity, reduce social vices and our economy will boom as well,” he said.
Chukwudum urged Tinubu to tackle the menace of insecurity, which had affected farming, food availability, travelling, transportation and was brewing hatred among Nigerians.
He called for decisive action against all forms of criminality in the country.
“SNPM supports the proposal for state and local governments policing systems to provide necessary police manpower to secure hinterlands of states in the country, where criminals operate at will,” he said.
The SNPM boss urged the President Tinubu-led government to strengthen the naira, therefore, increasing its worth and Nigerians’ purchasing power.
“Strengthening the naira will go a long way to reduce the hardship being experienced by Nigerians and create a more conducive and peaceful country,” he added.
