Abia has moved from ‘Made in Aba’ to ‘Make in Aba’ – Ikpeazu

Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State says his administration will enhance the standard of shoe making in Aba as part of its investment development strategy.
Ikpeazu, who made the promise at a press briefing in Government House, Umuahia on Monday, said he would facilitate capacity building in the industry.
He said the state government was determined to reposition shoe makers in Aba as front runners in shoe production business.

The governor said the state government had secured a $1.5 billion shoe factory deal with a Chinese shoe industry to contribute to the capacity building of shoe makers in Aba.

Ikpeazu said: “Abia government is ready to acquire its own automated line of shoe production machine and we have a time frame to achieve it.
“So, we believe that the interaction would contribute immensely to capacity building.
“Today, the option left for us is to open our space for people to produce in Aba. So, we have translated our ‘Made in Aba’ campaign to ‘Make in Aba’ campaign.”