From Femi Oyelola, Kaduna
The leadership of the Coalition of Arewa Civil Society Groups (CACSG), has called for the sacking of Prof. Mohammed Kabir Yakubu, the Director General, Nigerian Institute of Leather and Science Technology (NILEST), Zaria.
Comrade Abbas Aminu, spokesperson of the group while addressing newsmen in Kaduna yesterday said, “Since it’s a research and training institute, we expect the periodic training of young men and women by the institute for self reliance and sustainability in a bid to curb unemployment.”
He explained that over time, authorities in Nigeria have alluded to the fact that the leather industry remains the second major viable foreign exchange earner after oil, saying it is in tandem with the report of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
He said, “Also, the 2019 macro-economic outlook report placed the contribution of domestic leather production at 24 per cent of the total agriculture GDP in Nigeria.”
