The proposed $1.5 billion Chinese Shoe Manufacturing Factory to be undertaken by the Chinese-based Huajian Shoe firm in Aba, Abia State, would create no fewer than 30,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu who urged the Abia shoe and allied product manufacturers to gear up to compete with the Chinese shoe makers, said the factory would improve and advance the expertise of Aba Shoe Manufacturers.
He told The Guardian in Umuahia on his return from China where he attended the Governors Investment Forum (GIF) that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the planned Shoe factory would be signed soon.
