By Chijioke Okoronkwo
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved the National Leather and Leather Product Policy aimed at locally harnessing leather resources into finished products.
The Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu, made this known while briefing State House correspondents after the FEC meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He said that by the policy, Nigeria would locally process leather resources instead of exporting raw leather or semi-finished leather products.
“We will be in a position to finish our leather in terms of processing it into finished leather and then use that leather in the production of finished leather products.
“This has application in almost virtually every aspect of our lives—in footwear, furniture, apparel and also in the automobile industry.
“There is hardly any…
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