Nigeria: EEG Has Created Millions of New Jobs, Say Hides, Skins Dealers This Day, 28 February 2012. As the debate over the desirability of Export Expansion Grant (EEG), being provided for Nigerian ...

NIGERIA is the dominant producer of hides and skins in Africa, contributing up to 60% to the West African production of goatskin and kidskin, making it the second largest foreign exchange earner ...

In Borno State, the government tannery industry is a multi-million naira outfit. The Maiduguri-based Neital Nigeria Limited, a state government-owned shoe-making and hides tannery industry, had ...

Dr Rabiu Miko, a Veterinary Doctor in Jigawa Mininstry of Agriculture, said, “Hides and skins delicacy is delicious but there are a lot of hazards in consuming it,” he said.

Nigerian authorities say they have seized 120 tonnes of imported animal hides and skins in Lagos city. ... In Nigeria, cow hides are cooked as a popular delicacy known as “ponmo”.

The Minister of Livestock Development, Idi Maiha, has unveiled plans to enhance Nigeria’s leather industry by promoting the local production of shoes, belts, and bags.Speaking on the importance ...

Rwanda’s production of raw hides and skins is projected to increase eight times by 2030, from the current 6,000 tonnes, The New Times has learnt. The increase will be driven by government-led ...

Nigeria earns about $1.2bn annually through the export of hides and skin from the livestock sector, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria declared on Sunday. × Advertise with us ...

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Skin lightening products represent a major global industry, with sales projected to nearly double to $15.7 billion by 2030. In Africa, nowhere is the practice more prevalent than in Nigeria.

Nigeria's major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard for accountability, says it is not under obligation to ...

Thousands of tonnes of hides and skins whose market value is estimated at about Sh1.2 billion is either rotting away in export stores or literally- going to the dogs, as disgruntled producers hold ...