The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has said over 95 percent of industrial raw materials for production of fruit juices and allied products are imported into the country.
Director General of RMRDC, Dr Hussaini Ibrahim made the observation at
the 2016 Capacity Building Workshop for traders and farmers in Imo with theme, “Production of Fruit Juice/Concentrate from Pineapple and Citrus Fruits”, held over the weekend at the Imo Polytechnic, Umuagwo.
The DG, represented by Dr Sam Ebiriekwe, Assistant Director in the council, attributed the development to lack of improved varieties of fruits as well as inadequate and functional fruit concentrate plants in the country.
He said the effect was that Nigerian products have remained uncompetitive in the world market, coupled with poor capacity utilization, outright closures and relocation of many industries to neighbouring countries with more favourable economic environment.
Other effects he said are loss of jobs and poverty with its attendant youth restiveness, conflicts and other social vices.
Ibrahim noted that the workshop, organised in collaboration with the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, was anchored on the collective desire to develop the industrial capacity of Nigeria through the utilisation of local raw materials as inputs for domestic industries.
source: today.ng
Director General of RMRDC, Dr Hussaini Ibrahim made the observation at
the 2016 Capacity Building Workshop for traders and farmers in Imo with theme, “Production of Fruit Juice/Concentrate from Pineapple and Citrus Fruits”, held over the weekend at the Imo Polytechnic, Umuagwo.
The DG, represented by Dr Sam Ebiriekwe, Assistant Director in the council, attributed the development to lack of improved varieties of fruits as well as inadequate and functional fruit concentrate plants in the country.
He said the effect was that Nigerian products have remained uncompetitive in the world market, coupled with poor capacity utilization, outright closures and relocation of many industries to neighbouring countries with more favourable economic environment.
Other effects he said are loss of jobs and poverty with its attendant youth restiveness, conflicts and other social vices.
Ibrahim noted that the workshop, organised in collaboration with the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, was anchored on the collective desire to develop the industrial capacity of Nigeria through the utilisation of local raw materials as inputs for domestic industries.
source: today.ng
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