On Thursday, February 2025, President Bola Tinubu’s led administration inaugurated a 22-member Industrial Revolution Work Group (IRWG) to boost Nigeria’s manufacturing sector.
IRWG Team
Inaugurated in Abuja, the IRWG is led by Owan Enoh, the Minister of State for Industry, and is co-chaired by Francis Meshioye, the President of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN).
Other members of the group include the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment. , representatives from the Ministry of Power, the Ministry of Finance, MAN, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA), the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture (NACIMMA), and others.
IRWG Mandates
The Minister said that the mandates of the revolution group are :
1. Rejuvenate, innovate, and elevate Nigeria’s industrial future.
2. The IRWG would focus on addressing regulatory bottlenecks, power supply issues, and customs procedures.
3. The IRWG should anchor its efforts on four pillars which include revitalizing dormant industries, infrastructure, and energy solutions, technology innovation, access to finance, and competitiveness.
4. Conduct meticulous audits of industries that once thrived but have since stagnated.
5. Formulating bespoke intervention strategies for their resurgence.