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The Aba shoe industry has received a boost following the inauguration of a multi-million naira shoe and garment factory, promoted by Comfort Stevens Group, a United States of America based firm.
The factory, which is located off-MCC road, Aba, the commercial hub of Abia State, is to produce 5,000 pairs of shoes daily, when fully operational in January 2018.
Comfort Stevens, a multinational e-commerce, multi-vendor marketplace company, will also provide an online platform for producers and marketers of different products made-in-Aba to sell their products.
John Nwankwo, president, Comfort Stevens said: “We are unique, because most of these other online stores do not own product lines; they are just there to connect buyers and sellers. But Comfort Stephen is unique, in the sense that we have our own product lines-garments, shoes, bags and other fashion accessories and these are Comfort Stephens branded products, produced in Aba and we are proudly saying that they are produced in Aba and meets the same standards you see in Italy, Brazil, Dubai and even better than what is produced in China.”
He said further: “Using internet technology and human resources, Comfort Stevens is here to create economic value and by so doing, promote the non-oil sector, particularly goods made in Nigeria with emphasis on Made-in-Aba products.”
“Recall that the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, in one of his recent visits to Abia State, commissioned the Abia Investment House, a-one stop shop, established by the Abia State Government to improve ease of doing business in the State.”
The one-stop shop was designed to host the Inland Revenue Service (IRS) and its partners to create a friendly environment for investors and other patrons, who would come into the state to do business, Nwankwo said.
It is the dream of the State Government to rank among the top 10 States in the ease of doing business in the country, he said. “It is heartwarming that efforts of the Government to improve ease of doing business in the State; including revenue harmonization have started yielding fruit, and these results are coming within two years of the life of the present administration in the State.”
GODFREY OFURUM, Aba
