Anosike promises common facility centre for Aba leather and garment clusters

Summary

Abia PDP governorship candidate Kelechi Anosike has promised to build a common facility centre in Aba to support leather and garment makers.

Highlights

• He said the planned centre would be solar-powered and fitted with industrial machines for small businesses in the clusters.
• Anosike made the pledge during a meeting with representatives of the leather and garment clusters in Aba as part of his campaign tour.
• He said the model would help young tailors, shoemakers and garment makers who lack capital produce finished goods to international standards.
• He also said his government would revive the idea of a traders microfinance bank to support traders and clusters with loans and grants.