ABUJA — The embattled National Coordinator of the Made-in-Nigeria Project Office, George Nwabueze, has dismissed growing public scrutiny of his organisation, telling critics that only their own lack of awareness could explain why they were just discovering a programme that had existed for 16 years .
Nwabueze’s comment, posted on LinkedIn, came amid the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission’s clampdown on the National Brands Development and Made-in-Nigeria Special Project Office. “How can you discover a 16 years program in 2026, it’s means you have been blind, we are committed to the national development,” he wrote .
The remark followed a series of posts in which Nwabueze traced the origin of his outfit to a June 15, 2010 initiative, presenting a letter from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, dated July 19, 2010, as part of that history . That letter, however, was addressed to a “Buchi George” of The Hats Centre in Owerri and concerned the endorsement of a project for an event in Ireland, rather than any Made-in-Nigeria brand development scheme .
His claim of 16 years of continuous operation also runs against a separate document he posted, an appointment letter from the OSGF dated October 3, 2025, which formally conveyed his appointment as National Coordinator/Executive Director of the Made in Nigeria Project Office under a five-year tenure that began in July 2025 .
Meanwhile, officials of the OSGF declined to comment on the controversy trailing the outfit, as the legal basis, funding, and oversight of Nwabueze’s office remain in the realm of speculation .
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