Board Lists Gains Of Raw Materials Utilisation

The Governing Board, Raw
Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), has said that full utilisation of indigenous raw materials would boost the country’s revenue earning and wants manufacturers to patronise Nigeria’s raw materials.
Chairman of the board, Senator Walid Jibrin, who made this known last Thursday in Abuja during a study tour to the council by students of Policy, Strategy and Leadership, Course II, of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, near Jos, said the full utilisation of indigenous raw materials would boost revenue earning.
He said that the major source of revenue generation in Nigeria were in the petroleum and agriculture sectors, adding that if emphasis was given to indigenous raw materials, it would enhance the country’s development.
Jibrin said that in efforts to achieve full utilization of the country’s raw materials, cluster development should be encouraged, adding that cluster development across the state would boost employment also.
“Apart from petroleum and agriculture, raw materials in Nigeria can make the country great in revenue earning and that is the area that is seriously neglected. I am sure that the research and presentation of the students would go a long way In assisting the economic development of the country”, Jibrin said.
The Director-General, RMRDC, Prof. Peter Onwualu, said the essence of the tour was for the students to be exposed on how raw materials were source for and the relevant policy in the council.
Responding, president of the NIPSS students, Mr Mike Sowe, said the visit to the council would help them to match the theoretical aspect of their course to the practical.