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Lagos invest in world-class Industrial leather Hub

The multi-billion-naira complex in Matori, Mushin, now renamed Senator Oluremi Tinubu Industrial Leather Hub, is designed to reposition Nigeria’s leather industry from a fragmented, informal sector into a formalised, export-ready value chain.

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August 26, 2025

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Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo- says the new Industrial Leather Hub at Matori industrial estate, will supply regional retailers and global brands and provide specialised cutting, stitching and finishing technology.

Babajide Sanwo-Olu gave the assurance when he commissioned the facility at the weekend.

“By bringing structure, modern infrastructure, and a supportive policy framework into an industry long dominated by informality, the State has created a platform that not only empowers Artisans and NIMSMEs but also positions Lagos as a continental centre of excellence for leather production,” he said.

Sanwo-Olu said the facility would generate about 10,000 direct and indirect jobs within three years, train 150,000 artisans nationwide and produce over $200 million in yearly exports when fully operational.

Over 70 per cent of the jobs, he noted, will be reserved for women and youths.

“The hides and skins that once left our shores unprocessed will be transformed here into world-class footwear, garments and accessories stamped ‘made in Lagos and made in Nigeria’ for the global market.”

The state-of-the-art facility, built under the supervision of the Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment in partnership with Kharis Engineering Services Limited, comprises a production area with industrial-grade machinery for mass manufacturing of shoes, bags and belts, and a commercial wing housing shops, showrooms, training centres, and banking services.

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Cardoso Urges Banks To Lend Out Idle Funds With CBN * Retains MPR at 26.5%

Cardoso made the call on Tuesday after the 306th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held in Abuja from July 20 to July 21.

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The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Olayemi Cardoso , urged banks from keeping idle funds with the apex bank and encouraging increased lending into the economy.

Cardoso made the call on Tuesday after the 306th Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting held in Abuja from July 20 to July 21.

The apex bank retained the Monetary Policy Rate (MPR), also known as benchmark interest rate, at 26. 5 percent.

This decision marks the second consecutive retention of the MPR at 26.5 per cent, following a 50-basis-point reduction in February from 27 per cent.

“The committee’s decision to maintain the current policy stand follows a thorough assessment of the balance of risk,” said Cardoso.

He emphasised that although headline inflation moderated marginally in June 2026, global uncertainties have heightened due mainly to the renewed hostilities in the Middle East.

The MPC also adjusted the asymmetric facilities corridor around the MPR to +50/-450 basis points—a move aimed at discouraging banks from keeping idle fund with CBN.

Furthermore, the committee maintained the Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) for commercial banks at 45 per cent, retained the rate for merchant banks at 16 per cent, and kept the CRR on non-TSA public-sector deposits at 75 per cent for liquidity management considerations.

Cardoso said despite the global uncertainties, the Nigerian economy has “remained largely resilient to the external shocks”.

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CBN admits it opened domiciliary accounts for PFIPC agency

Represented by the Director of its Banking Services Department, Hamisu Ibrahim, the CBN said that the accounts are one in US dollars, the other in British pounds sterling, were opened following a mandate received from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

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July 21, 2026

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The Central Bank of Nigeria had admitted that it opened two foreign-currency domiciliary accounts for the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council (PFIPC).

The apex bank made the confirmation, yesterday, during the public hearing convened at the National Assembly Complex by the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee investigating the existence and operations of the PFIPC, chaired by Yusuf Gagdi and inaugurated by Speaker Tajudeen Abbas.

He explained that on July 30, 2025, CBN received a mandate dated July 29, 2025 from the Office of the Accountant-General.

“We received the mandate to authorise two accounts, one a US dollar domiciliary account, the other a pound domiciliary account, for the Presidential Economic Advisory Council/Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council,” Ibrahim told the committee.

He explained the CBN’s verification process, “The process of opening an account requires a mandate from the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation.

“Once we receive that mandate, we perform all the necessary verifications to confirm that this mandate is actually coming from that office.

The department that handles the mandate is different from the department that actually does the account opening,” he said.

Nevertheless, he noted that no one came to activate the accounts after they were opened.“We did not receive any correspondence, mandate, signature or mandate cards. We were not introduced to the authorising or approving officers.“Based on that, those accounts remain inactive, with zero balance. There have been no foreign exchange allocations.