Minister of Trade and
Investment Olusegun Aganga, has said that the Federal Government would work
with the state governments and other stakeholders to develop industrial
clusters across the country.
Clusters which are
concentrations of industries in a particular location or dispersed locations,
but joined by a network and carrying out similar operational activities, face
common opportunities and challenges, such as using the same or similar raw materials,
technologies, expertise and markets.
Speaking when the steering
committee on Pan African Competitiveness Forum (PACF) paid him a courtesy visit
in Abuja Aganga, who said that the cluster development would be based on the
areas where the country had comparative and competitive advantage, stressed
that the initiative would boost economic development through job creation
and wealth generation.
He said that the Ministry
of Trade and Investment was committed to the implementation of its One Local
Government One Product (OLOP) scheme.
The committee, led by the
Director-General of the Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC),
Peter Onwualu, had said that the development of modern clusters would lead to
the creation of about 30 million jobs across the country.
“It takes a man with
character and good conscience to recognise hard work and recommend another for
promotion. Promotion is a call for higher responsibility and it is a way of
doing more and not doing less,” Senator Mark urged.
Senator
Mark commended the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Abubakar for his
commitment and dedication to duty even as he counselled him to do more in
ensuring peace and security of the nation.
He
noted that the Police Force have witnessed tremendous improvement since his
emergence as the IGP adding that despite the limited numbers of the men in the
profession, the officers can still make greater impact by minimising the
socio-vices trend in our society.
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