The Technical Partner of the Aba Automated Shoe Factory, Mr Osaro Ekonweren, has described the Aba Automated Shoe Factory as currently having the most updated shoe producing machines in the country.

Mr. Ekonweren said this yesterday in an exclusive interview immediately after the inauguration of the Board of the Company by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu.

According to the Technical Partner, “we were amazed and impressed by what we saw on ground. Our group has been into shoe production in Nigeria for over a decade now and I must confess that the machines we saw there when we went on inspection cannot be found anywhere in the country. We use machines in our own company but we have is no where near what is at the Aba Shoe Factory”.

Mr. Ekonweren said that at present, the factory has an installed capacity for the production of 5000 pairs of shoes every day which translates to about 2 million pairs of shoes annually, with facilities for expansion and assured that they plan to actually expand this capacity within the next one year.

He saluted the foresight of Governor Ikpeazu and confirmed that the factory will change the face of shoe production in Nigeria.

He said that his organization was selected as Technical Partners for the factory based on a proven and verifiable track record of quality automated shoe production spanning over 10 years. He stated that they make shoes for companies like PEP of South Africa and several others, assuring that the products from the Aba factory will be well received by the markets. According to him, products from this factory will not just be for the local market here but will be sold across West Africa and beyond.

He assured that the factory will be run as a professional and commercial outfit with clear opportunities for value addition and job creation.
On when actual production will commence at the factory, he assured that they will start test runs in the next two weeks while they will start production by the second week of September. He made it clear that by December this year, shoes from the factory would have gained ground in the local and international markets. He also stated that the factory will also produce other leather works like bags, belts, wallets, etc.

Also speaking, the Executive Director, Operations of the Factory, Mr Chinenye Nwaogu said that with the new management structure in place, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has sent a clear message that the factory will be run solely on a basis of professionalism inspired by commercial expediency. He said that the 30 shoe makers who were sent to China by the Governor for training on the use of machines in shoe production will form the initial technical staff of the factory while there will be huge emphasis on training for more operators.

Mr Nwaogu said that the apparent delay in the start of production at the factory was because the Governor insisted that a professional organization must be found to run the place and the process took some time, coupled with the pandemic of COVID-19 which shut down the country for about three months.

The Governor inaugurated the Board of the Factory yesterday and gave them a clear mandate to raise the bar and cement the place of Abia State as the powerhouse of leather works in Nigeria and West Africa. The Board has Mr. Mark Atasie, a Management Consultant as Chairman.

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Igbo amaka



Naija youths ain't lazy they just need oppurtunities like this to make things happen.



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Nigeria has/had so much potential to be the China of Africa, but mental-poverty-fueled-greed of leaders killed the dream.

If we had like 10 of this spread across the country, you know how many jobs that for be?

Best in Nigeria with less than 20 sowing machines ehh?

Myopic set of leaders. They should go and learn how to set up modern factory. Just look at the structure.

LOOKING AT THIS FAT PIG OF A GOVERNOR DEY REAAALLLLYYYY VEX ME!

This man is the only man i dont know in person but hate him so much despite the fact i do my best not to hate any one.

All Hail Aba, The China of Nigeria

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I'm not impressed. Okezie Ikpeazu and the others before him are local men who can't rise above mediocrity. Look at how the factory looks like a packing store They can't even paint the walls and make it look decent.

Iberibe gbukwaa unu there. Nonsense!

Ok. Looks like a sweatshop.

When it comes to footwear give it to Aba any day any time.




But can ikpeazu see something others are not seeing?

This one always put hands for pocket, hope he's not stuffing dollars.

obiekunie2:
LOOKING AT THIS FAT PIG OF A GOVERNOR DEY REAAALLLLYYYY VEX ME!

This man is the only man i dont know in person but hate him so much despite the fact i do my best not to hate any one.

Hehehehehe

proeast:
I'm not impressed. Okezie Ikpeazu and the others before him are local men who can't rise above mediocrity. Look at how the factory looks like a packing store They can't even paint the walls and make it look decent.

Iberibe gbukwaa unu there. Nonsense!

Ikpeazu, Ugwuanyi and that thief in Imo are just not what Ndigbo need at this point in time! They are too local and lack good taste, vision and just can't think outside the box!

Heat and dust will be a big problem in that so called 'factory'!

Audio governors just plenty this year.
All over Nigeria.

Na wa ooo

I believe this will go straight into the resume of the nonsense Governor as per his achievement in 8years eekwa?

Igbo Amaka are proud of a shoe factory

Pathetic

hisgrace090:
Best in Nigeria with less than 20 sowing machines ehh?

How many sowing machines do you own not make shoe but to mend your clothe?

Dedetwo:


How many sowing machines do you own not make shoe but to mend your clothe?

Exaggeration is a sin too.

Nigerians is too found of claiming whatsoever they lay their hand to be the best even in the world without minding, it's criminality!

Overly expensive shoes

BlessingfollowU:
This is good news. It will help in boosting the state economy.

Meanwhile,

Fellow citizens I salute. I have been down since yesterday night my landlord serve me quit notice. I can't sleep by this time, have been thinking. I lost my teaching job due to the ongoing pandemic early March.

At the moment I am broke and don't know we're my help will come from or who to run to. I did not eat throughout yesterday cause I was cashless. Please I really want to eat today before hunger will kill me.

Please help your own sister secure her apartment and put a smile on her face today to eat something no matter how little it is.

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Blessing.

God bless you all

Stop begging. Begibegi smh

Useless chest beaters.
Below is what a Shoe making factory in Kano looks like.

Japan of Africa!!! When I see pictures like this, I always say, "abum nwa Aba".

Bighead9:
Useless chest beaters.
Below is what a Shoe making factory in Kano looks like.

You can beat your own chest without insulting anyone

RuddyFusion:


You can beat your own chest without insulting anyone

E pain this man well well.

A whole Governor commissioned a shoe shiner shop and his people are celebrating him online, instead of them to pelt him with stones.

I guess the factory is still under construction else the governor should be ashamed of himself.

But most Aba made shoes fades away after 3months,we need to ensure that the standard improves

What is T. A. Orji's erand boy of a governor doing there with his oversize bele?

Slippers making is different from shoe making. The one in Kano is obviously a slippers industry

Bighead9:
Useless chest beaters.
Below is what a Shoe making factory in Kano looks like.