For the officials who participated in the tour, the developments showcased domestic industrial capacity to reduce Nigeria’s dependence on imported technologies. Special Adviser to the President on Communication, Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who spoke on behalf of the Presidential Media Team, described what he saw at NASENI in three words: “impressive, impressive, impressive.” Halilu said NASENI was moving away from the traditional perception of a research institution whose work ends with the production of prototypes. The Presidential Renewed Hope Media Tour presented NASENI not simply as another government agency occupying a more direct position in Nigeria’s industrialisation process. The facilities visited by the media team suggest that the process has begun to ensure the factories, jobs, exports and businesses that can make industrialisation a measurable reality for Nigerians.