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MAN Ties Local Raw Materials Development To Adequate Funding of RMRDC

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3 years ago

June 30, 2023

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Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director-General of MAN

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The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria ( MAN) says that the Federal Government should adequately fund the Raw Materials and Research Development Council (RMRDC).

This is to enable it develop more local raw materials for industries.

The Association made the call through it’s Director-General, Segun Ajayi-Kadir.

He cites for instance, that the development and production of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs) has continuously eluded due to limited funding of the RMRDC by the government.

” The absence of local production of APIs has been having dire consequences on the pharmaceutical production, particularly in the current situation of acute shortage of forex,” he said.

Corroborating to this, Mr. Ken Onuegbu, the National Chairman of Industrial Pharmacists of Nigeria (NAIP), said that foreign exchange has placed over 20 percent hike on production of drugs locally and that is why achieving medical security is the core topic of NAIP’s conference coming up next week in Enugu.

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He said that the conference, tagged ‘Coal City 2023’, has the theme ‘Role of Pharmaceutical Industry Towards Achieving Medicines Security in Nigeria.’

Onuegbu highlighted negative impact of importing over 80 per cent of medicines into Nigeria.

He attributed acute inadequacy of local manufacturers to an unsuitable working environment.

He lamented that while the country continues to worry over shortage of local investors and high cost of imported drugs, few surviving manufacturers are being shut down.

He said that the NAIP is not against government policies intended to sanitise the sector and called for mutual engagement and understanding between the association and authorities.

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TCN improves Power Supply to Apapa corridors by additional 208MW

The upgrade replaces an outdoor transformer that had served as a stopgap after the original facility, commissioned in 1985, was decommissioned.

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August 18, 2026

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The Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN), Mr. Sule Ahmed Abdulaziz , says from now Apapa Causeway, Ijora, Amukoko, Ajegunle, Apapa Wharf, Tin Can Island and other major commercial areas, will be having improved power supply.

Abdulaziz made the declaration on Monday during the commission of Ijora and Apapa Road transmission substations in Lagos by additional 208MW .

The project is aimed at improving the volume and reliability of electricity available to distribution companies for onward supply to homes, businesses and industries.

Abdulaziz said that the projects, sponsored by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and the World Bank respectively, in partnership with TCN, underscored the Federal Government’s commitment to modernising the transmission network and improving grid stability.

He commended the Ministry of Power, JICA, the Government of Japan, Lagos State Government and other stakeholders for supporting the projects, while appealing for additional grant assistance to upgrade other critical sections of the transmission network.

Speaking at the commissioning, Minister of Power, Mr. Joseph Tegbe, said that the projects were part of the Federal Government’s efforts to address longstanding transmission constraints and infrastructure decay that have limited the country’s ability to fully utilise available generation.

The upgrades increased the Ijora substation’s capacity by 112MW, from 90MVA to 230MVA, following the installation of two new 100MVA transformers.

At Apapa Road, a new Gas Insulated Substation (GIS) added another 96MW, raising the facility’s capacity from 60MVA to 180MVA.

The upgrade replaces an outdoor transformer that had served as a stopgap after the original facility, commissioned in 1985, was decommissioned.

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CBN’s Sidi-Ali wins 2026 overall Spokesperson of the Year Award, courtesy of NSA

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August 18, 2026

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•Mrs Hakama Sidi Ali.

The Ag. Director of Corporate Communications of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mrs. Hakama Sidi-Ali, has won the 2026 edition of the National Spokespersons Award (NSA).

The recognition was announced during the 6th National Spokespersons Awards and the 4th Economic Confidential Annual Lecture, organised by Image Merchants Promotion Limited (IMPR), publishers of PRNigeria, Economic Confidential and Spokespersons Digest, held in Abuja, recently.

The organisers stated: “With the latest honour, Sidi-Ali completed an unprecedented hat-trick at the National Spokespersons Awards, becoming the first communications professional to progress from winning a sector-specific award twice consecutively to claiming the overall Spokesperson of the Year title.