Melaye Urges Senators To Patronise ‘Made In Nigeria Women’

With the toga of alleged wife-beater hanging over his head, the senator representing Kogi West on the platform of All Progressives Congress, Dino Melaye, took his colleagues to task on the need to patronize what he called ‘made in Nigeria women’.
Melaye had while contributing to the motion on the need to patronize made in Nigeria goods, said the campaign should not be limited to goods alone, but women should be included.
The motion was sponsored by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe (PDP, Abia South).
According to Daily Trust, the contribution of the Chairman, Senate Committee on the FCT elicited general laughter, which made him pause awhile.
But he later continued by saying, ” With due apology to my Comrade Governor of Edo state, we must start to campaign for made in Nigeria girls. It is time for my colleagues to start patronising made in Nigeria women”.
It was after he stated this that the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki cut in and said that the motion was clear enough.
Earlier while moving the motion, Sen. Abaribe said until Nigeria adopts a ‘pro-made in Nigeria’ procurement policy, locally produced goods would continue to lag behind both in competition and acceptability.
“Economic indicators have confirmed that unless we produce what we consume, the Nigerian economy will be worse off for it”, he said.
In adopting the motion, the Senate urged the Federal Government to initiate and implement the first option policy on purchase of locally manufactured products for any government procurement in all arms of government and every public funded organization.