Senate passes bill to enforce government to purchase made-in-Nigeria products

The senate at its plenary today passed into law the Public Procurement Act 20‎07 (amendment) bill 2016, which among other things compels the federal, state and local governments to purchase made-in-Nigeria goods. Speaking after the passage of the bill, senate President, Bukola Saraki, said

"In stimulating our economy, we all have a role to play to ensure that the executive complies especially in the area of giving first priority to locally-produced goods. This has helped many countries to develop when they had issues of downturn in their economy. I want to commend my colleagues for passing this bill‎.”