Photo: Damilola Shittu,
By Daily Topic Correspondent
Damilola Shittu, the Chief Executive Director of Dele Group, a manufacturer of medical devices and pharmaceutical products, in Ilorin, Kwara State on Tuesday urged the government to address micro and macro economic problems confronting indigenous manufacturers in the country.
Shittu, who stated this in an interview with Daily Topic also said the government should encourage local companies to export their products for Forex earning, reduce importation of finished goods into the country and grow Nigeria economy.
Speaking of challenges confronting industrialists in the country; Shittu identified inflation, foreign exchange, monetary policy, insecurity to be part conflicting problems facing them.
He said: “local manufacturers have high cost of production, we have been trying hard to see what we can do in order to bring down the cost and keep stakeholders happy, but unfortunately, our country is faced with a lot of problems. So, we want the government to implement policies that will favour the economic environment.”
While encouraging Nigerians to support manufacturers by patronizing products that are made – in- Nigeria; Shittu explained that, “we are responsible to produce quality and safe products for our customers. we have very competent regulatory agencies that are so close to us. They visit us anytime and can come to our doors step to enforce compliance and make sure that we deliver quality products.
We produce the best international standards and we can assure that Nigerians using or consuming our products is safe.”
