250 graduates establish toothpick factory in Ondo
Some youths have established a factory for the production of toothpicks and pencils in Akure, the Ondo State capital, under the sponsorship of the National Directorate of Employment. The factory, where over 250 graduates are currently working, is said to be the first of its kind in Africa. The idea of local toothpicks production in Nigeria was said to have been conceived by a young graduate who convinced the management of the NDE that the product could be produced with bamboo stems. At the inauguration of the factory in Akure, the Acting Director-General of the NDE, Mr. Kunle Obayan, said the NDE’ s sponsorship of the project was part of the agency’ s effort towards complementing the micro-economic policies of the Federal Government, aimed at stimulating local production of goods.
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