Nigeria’s printing trade loses over N200 billion yearly to e-book printing carried out overseas, based on the Gutenberg Prints Affiliation of Nigeria (GUPPAN).
The Affiliation’s President, Adekunle Adebambo, disclosed this throughout a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday themed “Industrialisation: The Function of the Printing Enterprise and Enhanced Printing Occupation, Challenges, and Options,” the Information Company of Nigeria reported.
Adebambo famous that the Nigerian printing sector holds the capability to satisfy nationwide demand, which might assist each {economic} progress and job creation.
“Nigeria has the potential to offer all printing companies wanted domestically. If we optimise this potential, it will promote industrialisation and progress throughout a number of sectors,” he mentioned.
The president highlighted that almost all of textbooks required by college students in Nigerian colleges—from nursery to secondary ranges—are nonetheless imported.
This dependency on foreign-printed instructional supplies, he defined, not solely drains sources but additionally hinders native trade improvement.
“Every year, Nigeria spends as much as N200 billion on e-book printing overseas. Native partnerships might scale back this dependency, drive down the unemployment charge, and encourage job creation inside the nation,” Adebambo acknowledged.
GUPPAN additionally known as on the Federal Authorities, alongside the Ministry of Schooling, to put money into greater training pathways for printing professionals.
By fostering bachelor’s and postgraduate programmes in printing know-how and administration, Nigeria might domesticate a workforce expert in printing innovation and uphold trade requirements crucial to future progress.
He acknowledged that collaboration with universities might facilitate the event of an instructional basis for the sector, getting ready a workforce for a future-ready printing trade.
Professionalism inside the sector can be essential, Adebambo argued, stressing that future leaders of the Chartered Institute of Skilled Printers of Nigeria (CIPPN) ought to maintain {qualifications} in printing know-how to make sure excessive requirements.
“Dedication to skilled requirements promotes accountability, transparency, and progress, that are important to constructing a aggressive trade. Making certain leaders have the required experience will assist a merit-based and sustainable printing ecosystem,” he continued.
“Now’s the time to appropriate previous missteps, uphold the requirements outlined by Act 24, 2007, and restore integrity to the printing trade,” he famous.
He urged media assist in amplifying these issues, to make sure Nigeria’s printing trade turns into a mannequin of professionalism, innovation, and nationwide pleasure.
