The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has met with South-East trade associations, manufacturers, and private sector stakeholders.
OsunDaily News reports that the former Governor of Lagos State met with the private sector drivers at a Town Hall meeting in Owerri, the Imo State capital on Thursday.
Speaking at the meeting, the APC presidential candidate promised to create jobs and build an economy that has an industrial base if he is elected President in 2023.
Tinubu also promised to broaden opportunities for South East businessmen by moving more business activity toward ports outside of Lagos to Onne.
He said: “We shall establish industrial hubs throughout the nation and modernise existing ones. We will encourage and facilitate greater production in places like Owerri and Aba.
“At the same time, we shall broaden opportunities for you to engage in more international commerce by steering more activity towards ports outside of Lagos such as Onne.
“I envision the Owerri-Port Harcourt and Aba-Port Harcourt corridors becoming more active and lucrative trade and manufacturing corridors than they already are.”
Present at the event were the APC Vice Presidential candidate, Kashim Shettima; APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Adamu; Governors Hope Uzodinma (Imo), Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq (Kwara), Abdullahi Ganduje (Kano); and former Governor of Imo, Ikedi Ohakim, among others.
