According to the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), the government should give scanners and other tools to reduce the amount of time needed to assess goods.
The association's president, Mansur Ahmed, made this statement on Wednesday at the southwest zone's 39th annual general meeting in Ibadan.
Ahmed claimed that by making scanners available, the federal government might reduce the amount of time needed to inspect cargo at ports.
“It is important to improve on the time taken to containers and cargoes at the ports by ensuring that second trade facilitation equipment such as scanners are available,” he said.
“We are also calling on the government to enforce, evaluate and monitor the implementation of the executive order 003 of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) to ensure compliance by ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs).”
Ahmed advised governments at all levels to work in synergy and carry along stakeholders in inventing appropriate strategies to improve and stabilise the economy.
In his remarks, Bayo Lawal, acting governor of Oyo state, charged manufacturers to create robust policies and partner with other agencies and stakeholders to promote manufacturing in the country.
He said the Oyo state government would continue to create an enabling business environment for human and material capital to thrive.