President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday launched the Nigeria Industrial Policy 2025 in furtherance of his administration’s ongoing reform initiatives aimed at boosting the performance of the nation’s industrial sector and its contributions to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on a sustainable basis.
The unveiling of the policy, which came barely a few weeks after it was briefly mentioned at a Lagos event, was performed by the Vice President, Sen. Kashim Shettima, at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja
The President described the Nigeria Industrial Policy 2025 as a strategic roadmap aimed at re-engineering Nigeria’s industrial ecosystem and unlocking value across key sectors of the economy.
According to him, the administration has put in place a clear implementation structure to avoid its failed implementation.
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Tinubu explained: “We have realised that industrialisation is not a wish you think about; it is an action you perform. More than that, we must remind ourselves that this task demands coherence across energy, trade, infrastructure, finance, skills, and innovation. It requires partnership between the government and the private sector.
“We will measure success by the number of factories that open their gates at dawn, the jobs created for young men and women, the exports that leave our ports bearing the mark of Nigerian excellence, and the value retained within our domestic economy.
“It advances value chain development so that Nigeria moves steadily from exporting raw materials to producing finished goods. It integrates our micro, small, and medium enterprises into the heart of industrial growth, because prosperity must not be exclusive.
“It aligns infrastructure and energy with industrial ambition, for factories cannot run on policy alone. It strengthens skills, technology, and innovation to prepare our people for the industries of today and tomorrow, the President added.
He also called for stronger private sector collaboration to deepen local value chains and accelerate job creation.
