ewizard1:
Big shoes... I can get you quality Hand made footwears of whatever size?
47? Huh!!! 50?

kenonze:
Hmmmm.

PMB doesn't need to place ban on shoes for to ur shoes to sell.
just try to improve on your quality. They are many locally made goods that are better than the foreign ones.

Despite how good America economy looks, they do not place ban on many items rather they focused on making available enabling environments for Foreign investors to operate thus providing jobs for her citizens

Oghumu1:
No matter how solid your shoes are, if I see made in Nigeria I'll pass away. Because u know how make shoes, u want to render other people whose business is to import jobless?? Why not export your own shoes and sell them abroad. No use your own spoil another person own

greenpasture:


You make a good point about quality selling the product but you underestimate the average Nigerians insecurity that makes him/ her select foreign labels over anything else. Brazil and India took the bold step of defending local industries and today the results are obvious. They make heavy equipment like planes, trucks, armaments, fashion ware, etc

Dangote for instance never enters an industry unless the industry is protected; cement, sugar, and now coming up - tomatoes.

Absolutely nothing wrong with defending selected industries.

Cutehector:
Why not first make 109 solid shoes free for the Nigerian senators and wait for dem to give u a feedback... den allow dem to pass d bill on banning d importation of shoes..

kenonze:
Hmmmm.

PMB doesn't need to place ban on shoes for to ur shoes to sell.
just try to improve on your quality. They are many locally made goods that are better than the foreign ones.

Despite how good America economy looks, they do not place ban on many items rather they focused on making available enabling environments for Foreign investors to operate thus providing jobs for her citizens

bright007:
Let them start with the banning of foreign spouse e.g Lara Oshomole

grandstar:
100000000000000. likes

winivogue:
Lol. You should try and start up properly first and let your product be seen in d market blf u can think of telling Buhari to ban the importation of shoes. If Buhari barn d importation now that u av not even started where will we get the shoes from.

southniyikaye:
One very crucial and important thing I learnt today is,
BATA IS NOT A YORUBA NAME FOR SHOE BUT THAT OF THE FOUNDER OF BATA COMPANY ,THOMAS BATA
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Cc lalasticlala
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This is front pg material

Sunnycliff:
I couldn't help but agree! Let them ban foreign alcoholic exorbitant drinks too!
And ban foreign condoms also!

bright007:
Let them start with the banning of foreign spouse e.g Lara Oshomole

kenonze:
Hmmmm.

PMB doesn't need to place ban on shoes for to ur shoes to sell.
just try to improve on your quality. They are many locally made goods that are better than the foreign ones.

Despite how good America economy looks, they do not place ban on many items rather they focused on making available enabling environments for Foreign investors to operate thus providing jobs for her citizens

mercyville:
March 27, 2016

Bayo Akinloye

A United Kingdom-based shoemaker, Adesola Benson, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to impose restrictions on the importation of certain footwear into the country.

According to Benson, such action will encourage local footwear manufacturers to go into mass production which will in turn have a positive effective on the economy.

The shoemaker who relocated from the UK told SUNDAY PUNCH that he was making plans to train 100 shoemakers as a way of ensuring that made-in-Nigeria products are available and patronised.

The entrepreneur who has his factory in Ikorodu in Lagos State pointed out that his aim was to make the town Nigeria’s shoe hub.

Benson noted that local shoemakers will succeed in their enterprise if the Federal Government would allow them to make footwear for paramilitary personnel instead of resorting to importation.

He said, “(Prior to now) I have been able to train about 10 shoemakers. Training is my area of specialisation. The local shoemakers will have breakthrough if Federal Government can encourage local manufacturers like us to make shoes for paramilitary personnel instead of importing. This will not only encourage us it will also boost the nation’s economy by patronising made-in-Nigeria goods. I am happy about the recent gospel of made-in-Nigerian goods being propagated by the Federal Government. It is another way to empower local manufacturers and also boost the nation’s economy.

“Many shoemakers in Nigeria are not educated. So, I want to empower 100 shoemakers in Ikorodu. I mean people who are not opportune to go to the university or don’t have the means to learn in the university like I did. I want Ikorodu to be like a city in Italy that is renowned for shoe-making. I want Ikorodu to be a Mecca for shoes in Nigeria so other states in Nigeria can imitate us.”

Benson further noted that it would benefit the country if the President Muhammadu Buhari banned the importation of shoes.

“Most African countries don’t produce shoes and we have a chance to export to African countries. But if Nigeria still imports substandard shoes, it is going to have a negative effect on local production.

“Well, I had made shoes for the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. But the one that brought me to limelight was a pair of shoes that I made for Ooni of Ife, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi,” he said when asked if prominent Nigerians patronise him.



http://www.punchng.com/shoemaker-urges-buhari-to-ban-footwear-importation/

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Your statement is patently FALSE and l will give you an example:
what about Petroleum...... or are you not aware that he is building a Refinery in Lagos?
Is the Petroleum Industry "Protected" in any way or liberalised?

And what is entry like into the Petroleum refining industry? Is it low and easy access? Of course not. It has exceptionally high economic moats. You need a licence and you need tons of expertise and speciality financing. The industry by its very nature is a defended industry. To add case to point 80% of Dangote's refined products will be exported. He has made that clear. This is not a good example to use.

You see, there are STEP/PROCESS in achieving a desired result (local content) without causing unnecessary problems for the consumers.
First, you assist the industry to stand on its feet ( by encouraging production and mopping up its "excesses" that are not being sold) while you allow its QUALITY to convince consumers to switch to it!

On the other hand, if you increase tariff on foreign import (Protectionism, making it costlier to buy) while the local alternative is still of poor quality (and therefore undesirable), people will still prefer the costlier foreign brand .... and the local one will die a natural death.
What follows is inflation

[b]You seem to be quoting from a text book and an old out of date one for that matter. There are NO FREE markets in the world. All markets are protected - it depends on what sector. If you check the Green book (Customs Tariff) you will find that Government imposes high tariffs on industries it wants to defend. This has been happening since 1971. Nothing new there. Another way of defending your local industry is by imposing high entry requirements and standard that require the issuance of licences - this is true for banking, telecomms and the like. So my dear, protecting the local market is not something that PMB just thought of, it is something that has been going on well before you were born. All that has happened is that some additions have been made to the protected list and there is better execution on inward bound inspection.

You also mention inflation as a necessary fall out of importation. You are absolutely correct. Where your argument fails is that demand for imported products is price elastic and that people will continue to buy them irrespective of their price. One example shows that this is not so. The dominant juice drink in Nigeria was Just Juice until the government imposed high tariffs on imported juices. The results is a plethora of local juices. Why do you think that Nigerians will not produce high-quality alternatives? The leather used in Italy for shoes where does it come from?

Believe in yourself and your people. [/b]

Our Manufacturers need to emerge from their "get-rich-quick" mentality and focus on quality service delivery......... and the rewards will come naturally (assuming those "criminals brothers" of ours who FAKE everything good can be tackled so they dont skim the hard work of others)

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lastpage:


Your statement is patently FALSE and l will give you an example:
what about Petroleum...... or are you not aware that he is building a Refinery in Lagos?

Is the Petroleum Industry "Protected" in any way or liberalised?

You see, there are STEP/PROCESS in achieving a desired result (local content) without causing unnecessary problems for the consumers.
First, you assist the industry to stand on its feet ( by encouraging production and mopping up its "excesses" that are not being sold) while you allow its QUALITY to convince consumers to switch to it!

On the other hand, if you increase tariff on foreign import (Protectionism, making it costlier to buy) while the local alternative is still of poor quality (and therefore undesirable), people will still prefer the costlier foreign brand .... and the local one will die a natural death.
What follows is inflation

Our Manufacturers need to emerge from their "get-rich-quick" mentality and focus on quality service delivery......... and the rewards will come naturally (assuming those "criminals brothers" of ours who FAKE everything good can be tackled so they dont skim the hard work of others)
Lastpage!

Kbul:
BE INFORMED.

FOOTWARE HAS BEEN AN IMPORT PROHIBITION IN NIGERIA FOR A VERY LONG TIME NOW. THE ONLY FOOTWARE LEGALLY ALLOWED FOR IMPORT ARE SAFETY SHOES AND SPORTS SHOES.

REFER TO CUSTOMS WEBSITE AND CHECK THE LIST OF PROHIBITED ITEMS FOR MORE INFO.FOOTWARE IS NO 20 ON THE LIST.

https://www.customs.gov.ng/ProhibitionList/import.php