Dar es Salaam, March 15 -- COAST REGION: THE Confederation of Tanzania Industries (CTI) has called on the need to protect local industries that will guarantee jobs to the countrys workforce and contribute to economic development.

The CTI Executive Director, Mr Leodegar Tenga said buying locally manufactured products is one of the fundamental strategies in protecting domestic industries and bolstering foreign exchange reserves that would have been used for paying imports.

“We request the government to protect domestic industries that maintain jobs for its people and contribute to the nations economic growth,” said Mr Tenga during the visits of the CTI delegation to Steel Lodhia Industries located at Kisemvule in Coast Region ...