Ndi-Igbo: The Great Producers of Nigeria
In Biology, the eco-friendly vegetation are described as the producers in any local community because all other living points in that group count on them instantly or indirectly for meals.
In Nigerian economic climate, when a person talks of producers, the initially line of considered is constantly directed to the oil-creating sections of the region. The Igbo are men and women whose land is quite abundant in oil. They are numbered among the oil generating states of Nigeria, nonetheless it is not crude oil that tends to make them the proud producers in Nigeria.
The products that gave them a lot of joy and delight are relatively technological, which nowadays make up over 70% of merchandise eaten in Nigeria. Their goods are numerous and they include the next: car parts, human wears, cosmetics and toiletries, weapons of war, creating resources, electrical resources, electronics, pharmaceuticals products and solutions, foods and beverages, agricultural products and solutions (insecticides and pesticides), leisure services and lots more.
Some a long time back, we applied to listen to some Nigerian described some products as “Igbo made’. That time such goods had been commonly despised simply because the economy was buoyant more than enough to let for the importation of nearly anything ranging from rest room papers to air crafts. Because of this, it was not unusual for a lot of of the “Igbo designed” producers to develop their items and give them overseas labels. Today, it is a thing of terrific joy to see that lots of of these merchandise are now currently being labeled “Built in Nigeria” and they are possibly applied in Nigeria or are exported to other international locations.
The Igbo have played a incredibly critical position in maintaining Nigerians transferring in phrases of satisfactory creation of automobile goods. It is a well identified truth that a lot of of the cars in particular automobiles being employed in Nigeria toady are fairly employed cars imported from other countries. Spare elements of these vehicles are not quickly out there. Most of them would have grow to be useless to their prospective buyers if not for the activities of Igbo spare pieces dealers who have researched these elements that they offer on, and have them generated domestically to salvage the difficulty of transportation.
In a lot of metropolitan areas of Igbo land, it is not unusual to call a community by the solutions they manufacture. Igbo folks do nicely in footwear and leather-based is effective. About 80% of sneakers, sandals and slippers that are worn in Nigeria today are locally produced, in particular by the Igbo folks. The Igbo male can make just about anything supplied that the item will support him address life’s difficulties. It is a very well regarded reality that the Igbo had been refining crude petroleum with out refineries during the Nigerian Civil Wars. Also for the duration of the civil war, they produced distinctive varieties of ammunition like the renowned “Ogbunigwe” of Biafra.
In terms of creating resources, the Igbo men and women rank highest, as distinct factories manufacturing distinctive varieties of making resources, electrical materials, electronics, pharmaceuticals are scattered in its cities and towns. These are as a final result of the ingenuity of the Igbo guy as a terrific producer. The a person difficulty that is worth mentioning here is that most of these producers are not qualified engineers of technologies, but are just gifted and decided. You can concur with me that when these abilities are entirely harnessed and enough equipment set in position for them, there would be far more contributions from them in conditions of progress. Nigeria will genuinely be the serious giant of Africa if the ordinary Igbo person is completely created and harnessed.
The Federal government of Nigeria must look into the difficulty and create know-how villages in huge metropolitan areas of Igbo land settle these Igbo producers in these villages equip and finance them into serious useful researches in their different locations. This will assistance reduce the increasing unemployment menace in the country. More so, with suitable options on ground, in no distant time we will get started acquiring ‘Igbo made’ motor cars, air crafts, ships, and sophisticated equipments in Nigeria. This will help save the state the issues of healthful importation of anything abroad.
