The Federal Government has urged Nigerians to begin to look inwards and patronise made in Nigeria goods in order to encourage the nation's industrialists and manufacturers.
Head of the Civil Service of the Federation Mrs Winifred Oyo-Ita, who made the call on Monday in Abuja when the Group Managing Director (GMD) of OMATEK, Dr Florence Seriki visited her in her office, frowned at a situation where some Nigerians completely depend on foreign made products.
She said that government would do everything possible to sensitise Nigerians on the need to look inward and begin to have a change of attitude towards depending wholly on foreign goods rather than encouraging the growth of our local industries and locally made products.
Mrs Oyo-Ita, observed that most foreign products that Nigerians buy today were of lower quality than those local industries produce in the country.
She said that her office was ready to partner with OMATEK for the full automation of the Federal Civil Service, particularly in the area of records keeping; prompt and effective service delivery to Nigerians as well as capacity building to enhance the skills of workers.
Earlier, the Group Managing Director of OMATEK, Omatule Seriki said that her purpose of visiting the Head of Service was to seek for relevant areas of collaboration with her office with the view to improving efficiency of the service for optimum performance.
Dr Seriki said that OMATEK had during the Obasanjo administration entered into such partnership with government, which made it possible for the civil servants to own their laptops, which she said helped most civil servants improved their skills in terms of information communication Technology (ICT).
She expressed confidence that civil servants would perform optimally if the present administration will explore possible ways to equip civil servants with relevant skills and materials especially in this era of ICT.
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