Senate passes law enforcing the purchase of made-in-Nigeria goods

  The senate at its plenary today passed into law the Public Procurement Act 20‎07 (amendment) bill 2016, which among other things compels government in all the three tiers, 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.”