It has been hailed as a new beginning for Nigeria’s export industry because Mrs. Oluwasoromidayo George has been named Chairman of MANEG, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria Export Group.
This was stated by the managing director of the Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Prof. Adesoji Adesugba, in a message of congratulations sent yesterday in Abuja by Martins Odeh, the organization’s head of corporate communications.
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He stated that it was time for the organized private sector to more thoroughly reorganize itself in order to boost collaborations with the appropriate government agencies and hasten the expansion of the nation’s economy.
Adesugba claims that the group has, nonetheless, continuously demonstrated its ability to work with the government to boost production.
He said that George’s appointment demonstrated the group’s readiness to enter a fiercely competitive export market.
Oluwasoromidayo George continues to be a tremendous asset for the nation and the organized private sector with amazing cognate expertise in a variety of economic sectors.
We are optimistic that her administration would greatly raise the export profiles of the nation.
We at NEPZA are eager to work even more closely with her office to advance the nation’s industrialization process.
In light of this, he remarked, “Let me congratulate her on her new position and also to express my joy over the sequence of strides made by MAN over the years to strengthen the nation’s economy.
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George also serves as the Chairperson of the UN Global Compact Network for Nigeria and as the Corporate Affairs and Sustainable Business Director for Unilever in West Africa.
She serves as the Nigerian Economic Summit Group’s co-representative on the CEO Water Mandate Council (NESG).
She held the positions of Head of Corporate Affairs for British American Tobacco (BAT) in West and Central Africa and the first female Executive Director of the British American Tobacco Nigeria Foundation (BATN).
