The Federal Government has resolved to ban importation of six commodities: rice, wheat, sugar, cotton, tomato paste and processed meat by 2018.
The Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Hajiya Aisha Abubakar, disclosed this at an interactive session with entrepreneurs and prospective investors participating in Katsina State Economic and Investment Summit in Katsina.
Also the minister said that the country would halt the importation of cotton and other commodities to ensure self-sufficiency for textiles and garment manufacturers in the country.
The minister stressed that the present administration was committed to the production of those commodities in Nigeria.
Abubakar stressed that the country had no business importing the six commodities as they were abundant in Nigeria.
Also, Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State called on prospective investors to come up with workable plans that could simplify the state’s investment process and eliminate its bottlenecks.
Masari assured welders and fabricators of his administration’s readiness to provide land for the establishment of business clusters for them.
He added that his government would continue to patronise made-in-Katsina goods, services and local contractors.
It was also learnt tha the governor had directed local contractors to purchase roofing sheets and paints from markets within Katsina State.
Masari said that a large portion of land in Katsina had been allocated to the Federal Ministry of Communication for the establishment of a National Incubation Centre.
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