Nigeria Can’t End Unemployment Without Patronising Local Products — Soludo

Anambra State governor, Prof. Chukwuma Charles Soludo, has urged Nigerians to embrace locally made products, arguing that the country’s unemployment challenge cannot be solved while citizens continue to favour foreign or imported goods over indigenous alternatives.
Speaking on Monday at the opening ceremony of the Delta State Economic and Investment Summit 2026 , Soludo said a nationwide shift to Made-in-Nigeria products could generate more than 10 million jobs and stimulate local industries.
“We cannot create the kind of jobs that we want with all of us patronising foreign or imported goods,” the governor said.
“I look in this room, and I see suits from Europe, from America, from ...