The Wood and Wood/Furniture group, under the auspices of Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), has described the recent lifting of ban on wood and charcoal by the Federal Government as anti-manufacturing, saying “it will aggravate the depletion of the forestry reserves.”
The lifting of ban on wood and charcoal for export was announced recently by the Minister of Environment, Alhaji Muhammed Abdullahi.
They also stated that the ban will lead to supply shortages in wood and allied products as well as result in sharp and astronomical price increases in wood and wood based products. The group, therefore, advocated the introduction of policy on wood, where only locally semi processed wood could be exported, adding that such would attract higher foreign inflow.
“There should be establishment of technical institute which will be solely dedicated to wood and allied products to train and equip human capital for the expansive wood industry.
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