December 19, 2018
By Ijendu Iheaka
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Presidential Candidate, Alh. Atiku Abubakar has promised to support policies that would promote businesses in Nigeria if elected.
Atiku said this on Wednesday during a Town Hall Meeting held in Aba with South East business Men and Women.
The former vice president also said that He would not sign any agreement that will hurt businesses in Nigeria.
He also promised to automate processes for business registrations to reduce corruption and increase productivity.
While responding to questions asked him by the businessmen, Atiku said he would promote businesses as long as they were within the confines of law .
“But I will not sign any agreement that will hurt Nigeria because I want to see prosperity and job creation in the country,” he said.
He said he was also a businessman and would do everything to solve their challenges stressing that they must work together with him to achieve the goal by voting for him.
Atiku noting that the PDP brought the idea of dry ports while in power, promised to ensure that the dry port in the South East is made functional if elected into office.
He said that the manufacturers in the country were suffering because of high interest rates stressing that if elected, he would ensure the reduction of interest rates to five percent to increase production.
He also promised to make policies that would encourage businesses with other African countries while protecting the nation’s local industries and improving Nigeria’s business opportunities.
Atiku also said that there would be no need for his administration to create any state in any zone of the country but is committed to the restructuring of the country which would leave the choice of state creation to the zones.
Present at the meeting were, Mr Frank Jacobs, owner of Jacobs Wines, Anthony Enukeme, Aba Oil Magnate, Okechukwu Williams, President Leather Manufactures, Abia and Emmanuel Adaelu Owner of Chemlap Nigeria limited among others.
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