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Nigeria’s Leather Industry To Bounce Back, says NILEST DG
Nigeria is not unknown in the area of leather products. We used to have 84 leather industries and some even have branches in Italy and Spain,” Yakubu said.
Image credit: NILEST, Zaria.
The Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST) says plans are underway to establish mini tanneries or factories in all states of the country to process hides and skin into leather.
Mohammed Yakubu, the NILEST Director-General, disclosed this as the chairman of the implementation committee of the national leather policy .
Yakubu said that more tanneries are necessary to provide the right infrastructure and technology for the proper processing of leather.
He said that leather is a huge national resource with the potential to generate foreign exchange and massive employment.
Nigeria is not unknown in the area of leather products. We used to have 84 leather industries and some even have branches in Italy and Spain,” Yakubu said.
“The Nigerian leather industry had branches in Europe. We want that to come back.”
According to the DG, the leather industry collapsed due to poor infrastructure, as such the institute and the policy implementation committee would continue to press the federal government to make concessions, especially in providing cheap power, to enable the industries to bounce back.
“It is not the issue of technology because NILEST is providing all the technical requirements for the Nigerian tanneries and Nigerian leather industry to make an impact in the world,” he said.
We are not lacking that but poor infrastructure is what is hindering us, especially power which consumes over 50 per cent of our production cost.”
He said that for Nigeria to compete with China, Brazil or India in leather industries, there must be a cheap and regular supply.
“There must be some concessions. We must provide cheap power to our industries, particularly the leather industries, for them to be able to compete with their foreign counterparts,” Yakubu said.
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Abia ranks top in BudgIT 2026 report
The BudgIT 2026 Report ranked Abia second in aggregate revenue growth, third in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) growth, first in total expenditure growth, capital expenditure growth, and personnel expenditure growth
• Governor Otti
Abia state has emerged among the top-performing states in the 2026 BudgIT Report, covering 2017-2025.
The Abia State Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu, who made the disclosure in Umuahia during a chat with newsmen, noted that the BudgIT 2026 Report ranked Abia second in aggregate revenue growth, third in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) growth, first in total expenditure growth, capital expenditure growth, and personnel expenditure growth.
The commissioner said the performance reflected the administration’s prudent and strategic management of public resources.
“Abia State’s combination of revenue mobilisation, capital investment expansion, and administrative cost restraint points to a story of adroit and prudent management of resources,” said Kanu .
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FG inaugurates Committee for nationwide activation of Nigeria’s unified 112 emergency number
Vice President Kashim Shettima, urged the committee to ensure its decisions were based on global best practices in order to develop a clear roadmap.
The Federal Government has set up a committee for the activation of the 112 national emergency number.
The committee comprises the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other relevant agencies.
NEC had recently approved 112 as Nigeria’s single universal toll-free emergency number to replace fragmented and slow response lines, with a view to eliminating bureaucratic red tape and allowing citizens easy access to rapid assistance during fires, accidents, medical crises or security breaches.
Addressing stakeholders during the National Emergency Number 112 Project meeting , yesterday, Vice President Kashim Shettima, urged the committee to ensure its decisions were based on global best practices in order to develop a clear roadmap.
He charged the committee to finalise the roadmap and standard operating procedures for formal NEC endorsement,
Shettima stressed the need to make significant progress, assuring stakeholders that resources would be made available to fund the process once progress became visible.
“Let’s make progress so that whatever time we have spent here is worth spending. And most importantly, the engine is finance. It is resources to drive the process. And I want to assure you that we will get the resources,” the Vice President stated.
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Presidency Loses Media Aide, Onwubuariri
Onwubuariri, a veteran journalist and staff member of the News Agency of Nigeria, died at the age of 48, according to his wife, Catherine Ezinna Onwubuariri.
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Assistant Director, Media, at the Presidential Villa, Peter Onwubuariri, has died in Kano after a prolonged illness.
Onwubuariri, a veteran journalist and staff member of the News Agency of Nigeria, died at the age of 48, according to his wife, Catherine Ezinna Onwubuariri.
He reportedly died on Monday after receiving treatment for about a month at the Kano Cancer Hospital under the state government’s treatment authorisation.
His remains were released from the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital on Tuesday for burial in Owerri, Imo State.
The corpse was handed over to Deputy Director, Information and Public Relations, State House, Oche Egwa, on behalf of the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga.
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