Institute Demands Recognition, Says Printing Creates 4m Direct Jobs

The Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON) has urged the federal government to formally recognise printing as a manufacturing sub-sector and grant urgent duty relief on printing raw materials and machinery.
The president and chairman of the Governing Council of CIPPON, Koko T. Clement, in a statement yesterday in Gusau, said the industry directly employs over four million skilled and unskilled workers, making it the second largest employer of labour in Nigeria after agriculture.
“When the households and dependants sustained by this direct workforce are factored in, the number of Nigerians whose livelihood rests on the printing value chain surpasses 50 million...