Princess Bakare-Okeowo, managing director of The Mart Supermarket, has credited the growth of the supermarket’s business to the positive impact of local manufacturing in Nigeria.
Speaking at the supermarket’s 4th celebration anniversary and free medical outreach event in Ogba, Lagos, Okeowo highlighted the significant role of the manufacturing sector in driving the country’s economic growth and The Mart’s success story.
She attributed the success of the supermarket business value chain to the country’s evolving manufacturing sector.
The manufacturing sector is the bedrock of the economy, Okeowo noted, saying that the supermarket shelves lots of made-in-Nigeria products,
She urged Nigerians to patronise locally manufactured goods and dispel the long-drawn belief that all anything produced in the country was inferior while everything imported ones was superior.
“I encourage Nigerians to always buy made-in-Nigeria goods.” “They should not feel that because it is made in Nigeria, it’s going to be a bad quality.”
According to her, a large number of locally made goods are of high quality and sell like cakes in both the modern retail and online outlets in the country.
“When I see some products, I can’t even believe that they were manufactured in Nigeria,” she said.
Speaking on the free medical outreach for the elderly people in the Ogba community, the managing director stated, “The medical outreach was done by The Mart supermarket as part of its giveback to the Ogba community.”
“We’ve been in this community for four years, and I feel that it is right that we should give back to the community.
“It’s a way to say thank you to the community that has been patronizing us for four years. They have accommodated us, made us grow, because The Mart supermarket did not just start like this, and, we are still in business.”
She said that the supermarket thinks it is worthy to celebrate the aged and elderly in the community.
On her supermarket’s four years old celebration, Bakare-Okeowo gave all glory to the Almighty God for helping her start and scale the business.
“I give God Almighty all the glory. The Mart is four years old today. It’s just God because when I looked back at the beginning of this supermarket, I don’t have any experience when it comes to supermarket business. But for us to survive till four, I think we will survive forever because it’s a beautiful line of business and it’s a profitable business too. And we give God Almighty the glory.”
