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Nigeria @ 63: Foundation urges Nigerians to patronise made-in-Nigeria products

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7 months ago

October 2, 2023

The Potters Wheel Foundation (TPWF), has urged Nigerians to always patronize made-in-Nigerian goods and buy Nigerian products to promote and encourage Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the country.

Mr. Godsown Onuzulike, the President of TPWF, made the call in a message to celebrate Nigeria at 63 on Sunday in Enugu.

Onuzulike noted that at 63, Nigeria is still a consumer nation, whereas countries like India that had its independence at the same period as Nigeria were not only producing for themselves but for Nigerians who choose to be consumers.

According to him, “we cannot be truly independent when we depend on even countries that got independence after us to have the basic life-required materials.

“As we mark the 63rd celebration of our dear Country, Nigeria, we wish to felicitate all Nigerians, especially those who have decided to make things happen positively in this country.
“We celebrate our great fathers of the blessed memory who fought for our independence.

“Though we have been handed independence, we are obliged with certain responsibilities to be able to have the full package or benefit of it,” Onuzulike said.

While calling for a kind of education that would help youths go into production, the president said, “We want to use the opportunity of the 63rd Independence commemoration to ask for the involvement of all stakeholders in vocational education.

“We also want to advocate for the patronage of made-in-Nigeria products as it will encourage our women and young ones who are taking up the task and occupying the space of indigenous production to continue.”

He, however, admonished Nigerians to support youths and women engaged in productive skill around them with startup kits.

TPWF offers free vocational training for youths and women on cake making, meat and other pies, chin chin, peanut, samosa, spring roll, fish roll, doughnut and Shawarma.

Others are hibiscus wine, shampoo hair conditioner, hair cream, organic soap, organic creams, Body Wash, Perfumes, toilet soap, alcohol-based hand sanitizer, antiseptics, laundry tablets, soap, detergent disinfectant, car wash and many others.

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Woman killed while crossing road in Anambra

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7 hours ago

April 18, 2024

Fellow Press

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko Market on the Asaba-Onitsha Road.

The Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists in Awka on Thursday, said that the woman was hit while she was crossing the road.

He said that the accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a commercial tow truck with registration number XA550BMA.

“Eyewitness report reaching us indicates that the truck was towing a vehicle in an uncontrollable speed along the axis.

“The vehicle that was being towed got detached from the tow truck.

“It hit and killed a female adult, who was said to be crossing the road, while the tow truck continued its movement.

“FRSC rescue team came to the scene and took the woman to Toronto Hospital, Onitsha, where she was confirmed dead and her body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary,” he said.

While sympathising with the family of the dead, the sector commander urged motorists, especially tow truck drivers, to exercise a high level of professionalism.

He also urged the drivers to always use standard equipment and avoid speeding.

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LASG’s maize palliative impactful, says poultry association chair

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April 18, 2024

Desmond Ukafor

The Chairman, Poultry Association of Nigeria (PAN), Lagos State Chapter, Mr Mojeed Iyiola, said the state government’s maize palliative to members of the association made a positive impact on the sector.

Iyiola said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos.

“We received about 150,000 tons of maize in February from the Lagos State government as palliative to cushion the effect of high feed prices.

“The major benefit of the palliative is that it actually cushioned the cost of production for most poultry farmers in the state.

“The palliative was beneficial as it made the cost of some poultry produce, especially eggs to drop,” Iyiola said.

He noted that prior to the palliative, a crate of egg was sold between N3,500 and N3,700 at the farm gate, but after the palliative, it now sells between N3,200 and N3,400.

According to the PAN chair, retailers and middlemen who sell from N3,800 to N4,200 do that for their personal gain.

“We have urged our members to sell their eggs at reasonable prices following the receipt of the palliative from the government.

“We appreciate the Lagos State government for the palliative but we also urge the federal government to do likewise, to further reduce the cost of production in the sector.

“This will consequently lead to drop in the prices of all poultry produce across board,” he said.

He said the palliative was shared among financial members of the association at no extra cost.

“As an association we shared the grains equally across PAN’s eight zones in the state equally. We also mandated each zone not the sell even a grain of the maize.

“We, however, considered new poultry farmers who wanted to the join the association as beneficiaries of the palliative,” said Iyiola.

He noted that through the palliative, more poultry farmers were recruited into the association.

“The maize was shared only to poultry farmers and not feed millers, it is the major component of poultry feed formulation,” he said.