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Published 23 December 2020
The Christmas and New Year holidays are here again and Nigerians must go through the motion one way or the other. These are the realities of a pedantic world that runs in a certain way, regardless of the state of everyone, as life happens to all.
If Nigerians will find it in their hearts to forgive Year 2020 for inflicting on them the first wave of coronavirus, and the second, the lockdown, looting of palliatives in government warehouses, riots that followed peaceful #EndSARS “sòrò sókè” protests, widespread insecurity, and a second recession in five years, they will enter 2021 with brave hearts and optimism.
Most Manufacturing Companies May Close Shop In Jan –MAN
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SPECIAL REPORT: Nigeria s paper mills moribund yet options for reviving them abound
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The country’s three paper mills have failed to produce as planned for years, but experts say non-wood raw materials abundant in the country can help revive them.
On Danladi Abubakar’s corn farm, now harvested, lie massive heaps of stalks about to be burnt. The farmland is located at Moniya, a suburb of Ibadan, Oyo State.
This practice of Mr Abubakar’s, like many other farmers’, causes emissions of carbon dioxide, an harmful chemical compound, into the atmosphere, hence contributing to global warming and ultimately, climate change.
But if not burnt, the heaps could follow through a supply chain ending in machines of paper-product manufacturers, who, currently, depend on imported wood-based raw materials, which constrain their productivity and profitability.