Abia State Is Moving From Trading To Manufacturing – Gov. Alex Otti

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has said that his administration is repositioning the state from conventional trading to digital commerce. He recently had his say in Umuahia during the Igbo Day Lecture and Dinner organised by Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, with the theme, “The Igbo Charter and Development of Ala Igbo.”

Stressing that the future of global business lies in technology and digital delivery, Gov. Alex Otti stated that he is not concerned about the increasing presence of Chinese traders competing with Igbo entrepreneurs in Lagos retail businesses.

He added that the development of digital commerce would enable Abia entrepreneurs to compete globally rather than remain dependent on conventional physical markets.

His words, “We are leaving that level of trading. In Abia, we have markets.

The markets are important. But we are moving from that level of marketing to manufacturing.

So, this government is supporting manufacturing and driving digital delivery. We are leaving that physical store for digital delivery.

So, when somebody talked about Alibaba, that is exactly where we are headed.

So, why are the Chinese coming to compete with us? We are moving away from there.

And it’s going to start in Abia. So, Abia is both manufacturing and then trading. But we are moving from conventional trading to digital trading.

That is where the world is going. You either embrace it, or you risk being left behind.”