For the first time visitor to Aba, the allure of its fast-paced commercial life can be overwhelming. The city houses Ariaria Market, known not just for its size but also the creative ingenuity of most of its operators.
It has for long lived with its everyday hustle and bustle, amid unspeakable squalor, until the Federal Government began an aggressive campaign urging Nigerians to buy Made-in-Nigeria.
With the fall in prices of crude oil in the international market, and no hope for a rebound in the immediate future, the Nigerian government, perhaps, had no choice but to do the needful, that is, look inwards to raise the much needed resources to finance its activities.

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