Researcher wants states to explore resources
Emmanuel Akinsanya,
the managing director, Datum Nigeria Company, a local raw material
research firm, has urged state governments to explore the resources
within their domain.
Mr. Akinsanya gave
the advice on Thursday, in Lagos, ahead of the company’s forthcoming
international exhibition of local products and services in all sectors
of the economy.
He told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the 6-day exhibition, with the theme: ‘The
challenges of productivity in a modern economy’, will hold between
November 29 and December 4 in Lagos.
Mr. Akinsanya said
that before the discovery of oil, Nigeria was a major exporter of palm
oil, cocoa, and groundnut. According to him, there is need for states
to go back to modern agriculture, to produce these raw materials in
sufficient quantities because their by-products are needed in today’s
industries.
He said states that
have resources should explore them, to enrich their revenue generation,
instead of depending on Federal Government’s monthly allocations.
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