Okezie Ikpeazu , Abia State Governor, has disclosed that the Automated Shoe Factory will be ready soon as all facilities needed for its commencement is already available.
The Governor stated this while showing off the factory shoe equipments to journalists at the Aba Government lodge. According to him, “the Aba Shoe Factory building is nearing completion and will be ready soon. By the the special grace of God, by December, we should be rolling out the first set of shoes”. He explained that the factory operations will be carried out in collaboration with the Chinese company under whose tutelage the first set of shoemakers were trained. The Governor assured that the factory will house the best of shoes not just in Nigeria but Africa at large.
