By Naomi Uzor

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, MAN, said, yesterday, thatit would provide insight on manufacturers’ expectation for 2017 and suggest policy direction out of the current recession that the nation’s economy is experiencing.

Speaking at a media briefing on the upcoming Manufacturers Annual Lecture, with the theme: ‘Diversifying the Nigerian Economy: the Role of Government in Manufacturing’, to be held on Thursday, 29th September, 2016, the President of MAN, Dr. Frank Jacobs, said the Annual lecture is an advocacy platform designed for experts and Chief Executives of manufacturing concerns in Nigeria to review the performance of manufacturing sector and appraise the state of the Nigerian economy in the past year.

He disclosed that the highpoint of the Annual Lecture is the interactive Session with government officials, which their esteemed members, the media, other organizations within the Organized Private Sector (OPS), Heads of Ministries, Departments and Agencies and International Agencies always look forward to with great expectations.