{"id":64283,"date":"2025-04-15T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64283"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:57:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T11:57:24","slug":"buy-nigerian-build-nigeria-naseni-rallies-support-for-local-products","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/15\/buy-nigerian-build-nigeria-naseni-rallies-support-for-local-products\/","title":{"rendered":"Buy Nigerian, Build Nigeria: NASENI Rallies Support for Local Products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Njoku Chijioke<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has renewed its call for Nigerians to embrace and promote locally made products as a key driver of economic growth and self-reliance.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a stakeholder focus group meeting in Dutse, Abdulfatai Ambali, Head of Manufacturing Services at NASENI\u2019s Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute, urged citizens to patronize made-in-Nigeria goods and services. He emphasized that the strength of the manufacturing sector lies not only in innovation but also in public confidence and support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must rally behind our own,\u201d Ambali said. \u201cIf we fail to patronize made-in-Nigeria products, government efforts and investments will amount to nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The forum brought together manufacturers, researchers, policymakers, and civil society groups to explore strategies for expanding Nigeria\u2019s industrial base. Ambali stressed the need for collaboration between the government, private sector, and academic institutions to foster innovation and quality production.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that NASENI is actively working to raise awareness about the value of homegrown products while challenging local manufacturers to uphold global standards.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is more than a campaign. It is a movement for national development,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>As Nigeria seeks sustainable pathways to industrialization, NASENI\u2019s advocacy is a bold reminder that the journey begins with Nigerians choosing to buy what their fellow citizens produce.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Njoku Chijioke The National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), has renewed its call for Nigerians to embrace and promote locally made products as a key driver of economic growth and self-reliance. Speaking during a stakeholder focus group meeting in Dutse, Abdulfatai Ambali, Head of Manufacturing Services at NASENI\u2019s Hydraulic Equipment Development Institute, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":64284,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64285,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64283\/revisions\/64285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64284"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}