Stop importing poverty, Atiku tells FG, advocates massive industrialization
We import food that should be grown in our fields, goods that should be manufactured in our factories and even raw materials that ought to be processed by Nigerian hands.
By Omeiza Ajayi ABUJA: Presidential Candidate of the African Democratic Congress ADC, Atiku Abubakar, has told the Federal Government that it cannot borrow, import and tax its way to prosperity, insisting that the country’s economic salvation lies in producing what it eats, manufacturing what it uses and exporting what it makes.53 trillion importing raw materials in just six months, while industry experts have warned that declining manufacturing tax contributions reflect weakening industrial activity and shrinking factory output.
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