ISpiksDaTroof: One million pairs a day is obviously a gross exaggeration...but then again if the amount is not inflated then the news is not coming from the South East.

fairheven:
No sir,quality is not a "destination", but quality is "a process".
we cant wait untill everything aligns perfectly,its one step at a time,just tink of the fact that Japanese products used to be regarded as inferior,later they became a standard for quality,then, later the Taiwanese,then the Chinese..today u know how far...china is the factory of the word.who know maybe aba is next in line?

weezii: Truth is, made-in-Aba shoes lasts longer than most "italian or foreign" shoes we get in boutiques these days. Nigeria simply needs to harness what it has on time

yorubakid1: omoibos are the brain box of Nigeria.Am a truthful yorubakid and I will always live by the truth.
Without omoibos, Nigeria will be nothing

ISpiksDaTroof: One million pairs a day is obviously a gross exaggeration...but then again if the amount is not inflated then the news is not coming from the South East.

Donmarrius: The Japan of African!

tooltip: Nairaland has finally exposed me.....aba shoes are durable and my shoe makers take more time and precision to make their shoes......different designs are availaible at very very very cheap prices.....I'll post more pics later...DISTRIBUTORS ARE. WANTED!...SUPPLY CAPACITY IS IN THOUSANDS.....08037974310

tooltip: Give us good roads,steady electricity,precision machines(some seams are better made with precision machines),and good leather materials and we can beat any international standards

AustinEke: Speaking from 1st hand experience [size=18pt]some[/size] aba made products really r durable. They're worth being patronized.

gboss4sure: Most Lagosians doesn't realize that the shoes and slippers they buys in Lagos between N5,000 and N15,00 are made in aba and sold for N1500 to N300. If you visit ariaria shoe industry and see how many Lagosians and Abuja based business men are trooping to buy goods from there you will be surprised.

The only thing killing Aba is BAD ROADS which is as a result of Bad Government and lack of opposition.

MadCow1:

Indeed quality is a process and Aba manufacturers have been known to pay little attention to this..

Remember that what these manufacturers are looking for is patronage from middle to upper class Nigerians who have money to spend on top products. The trick to getting top dollar for your product is making it top quality. Nigerian dress makers have started keying into this mentality and have started doing great clothes and some have even strutted their works on international catwalks in Milan, paris, London and New York.

I still believe that quality is the key problem with most made in Nigeria goods.

Donmarrius: I have been longing for this.

Truth is that,its only Abia and Anambra,that can give Lagos a run for her money.

bright8:
Jealous never do well!! Stagnant f00l!

CyberWolf: Anu mpama...uncircumcised pig

CrinkumCrankum:

Bro, it is possible.... just a mini factory can make up to 100 to 200 shoes per dey in average and you know in Aba there are more than 5,000 of those mini business , do the remaining maths.....

Abagworo:

The issue with APGA was internal crisis if you really want to know. It deviated from protecting Igbo interest to acting as an arm of PDP because of the greed in Umeh. He(Umeh) was the one that negotiated the merger with APC and backed out last minute when Okorocha was already exposed. My take on the issue is that Igbos need to learn and understand politics better. That's one part we need Yoruba guidance. Politics is not buying and selling.

As for geometrics we need to support Nnaji to at least fire the plant and give Aba the best power supply in Nigeria as a model for others to follow. There are 2 other power plants in Aba but they supply national grid. Geometric is strictly for Aba and environs.

aroleodua:

even Nike with production factories all over the globe makes only 200,000 shoes daily.

omo you go fear lies!

no factories and less resources but these people still dey tell lies.

abagoro: Now what is the condition of the environment of the shoemakers? They don't look rich to me despite this staggering turn over.

ggoldmine: Please where can I buy Original and affordable aba-made Female foot wears in Aba? I would luv to order on wholesale. my official numba: 08067105242.(please,text messages only)

kettykin:

I think you mixed up a lot of things with your comment, first is that Nike is a specialized shoe company which limits itselt to the following (Athletic footwear and apparel, sport equipments and other athletic and recreational products) where as Aba makes all classes of shoes , for all ages and gender, secondly is you mistook factories and giant manufacturing outfits for shoe making purposes where as all that it needed is the cluster layout for businesses which each cluster producing special parts of the shoes like the sole, buckles, lases etc, thirdly is having to use your limited world view to visualize Aba and imagine Aba cannot produce 1 Million shoes daily for export.

for your benefit a rough estimate of the number of shoe makers in Aba is between 50000 to 100000 and with each making and an average of 20 to 50 shoes daily. what this means is that from shoes alone Aba has N4b to N10B changing hands daily which if properly harnessed would over take Lagos GDP which someone put at roughly N100B/Annum
and the estimate of 1 millions shoes is actually an underestimation but a safe estimate

arresa:


It is impossible, no country on the surface of the earth moves million shoes a day.

Lilimax: Madcow1, you recommended that Aba shoe manufacturers should sign pacts with Cattle and livestock farmers for hides and maybe even for processed hides rather than using imported leather.
I don't think it may be possible since Nigerians consumes most of the hides and skin we generate as food
I remembered when it was reported that the government want to bring out a policy to stop the sale of Kpomo, a lot of people
cried fowl all over the country.