Chairperson, President, since 1993, to be precise, the manufacturing sector was contributing about 23% to the GDP. Today, in 2019, the manufacturing sector is contributing about 13% to the GDP. By the look of things, by 2030, it might contribute only about 5%. That is because of two reasons: firstly, the failure of government to protect the manufacturing sector; secondly, the
failure of government to stimulate the domestic demands for the goods that are being used on a daily basis by people.
As government, we continue to buy some of these domestic things from countries like China, India, etc. Why is government not establishing a manufacturing company that will cater for those domestic goods that we use on a daily basis? As government, we even buy linen for our own hospitals from China. Why is government not establishing a manufacturing company, especially in the rural areas where there is a huge demand for goods and high unemployment rate?