• Inside Innoplas factory during the visit “The solution to Lagos’ plastic waste challenge is not the blunt force of outright ban,” but the deliberate design of integrated waste collection systems, investment in recycling infrastructure, and circular partnerships between government and industry.” The Director-General of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Segun Ajayi-Kadir, commented when…
• Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has directed all government officials to be wearing Made-in-Kogi fabrics as a show of support for indigenous industries. The State’s Commissioner for Information and Communications, Hon. Kingsley Femi Fanwo, told journalists after the State Executive Council meeting held today at the EXCO…
Photo : From left is Segun Ajayi-Kadir, MAN Director-General; French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, MAN President, Francis Meshioye, and the Head of the French Treasury in Nigeria, Florent Mangin, during the courtesy visit. The French Ambassador to Nigeria, Marc Fonbaustier, and the Head of the French Treasury in Nigeria, Florent Mangin, paid a courtesy…
Picture R-L: Minister of State for Industry, Senator John Owan Enoh, the Executive Secretary of the National Sugar Development Council (NSDC), Kamar Bakrin, and NSDC’s Head of Strategy and Performance Management (SPM), Edirin Akemu (L), during the public hearing on the amendment of the Council’s Establishment Act organised by the House of Representatives Committee on…
” Tah will assume office on 1 September 2025, for a five-year term, following the end of the second mandate of current President, Dr. Akinwumi Adesina.” Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania was today elected President of the African Development Bank Group at the Bank’s Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Tah was elected by…
Photo from left: MD Coleman Wires and Cables industries limited, Mr. George Onafowokan; DG MAN, Mr. Segun Ajayi-Kadir; and Mr. Adetunji Aderinto, Founder Zetamind Consulting Limited, during at BusinessDay Manufacturing Conference in Lagos, on Thursday. “It will be commendable to see President Bola Tinubu driving a vehicle made and assembled in Nigeria.” Segun Ajayi-Kadir, Director…
A Lagos-based public affairs analyst, Omonaye Okoro, has faulted the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA ) calls for increased taxation on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages (SSBs). In his opinion piece titled “Nigeria’s Sugar “Crisis” Is a Myth – And Our Economy May Pay the Price for Believing It,” Okoro noted that the CAPPA’s recent report,…
Nigeria’s per capita consumption of sugar is 7.1kg as at 2023, well below the WHO recommended 9.1kg and the global average of 21.4kg,” said Ajayi-Kadir .
Dr Zacch Adedeji, who served as the immediate past President of CATA, continues to be celebrated for his leadership and commitment to advancing tax administration within the Commonwealth.”
“I have the mandate of Mr. President to intervene and resolve all issues holding these assets down and ensure that the noble vision of our founding fathers is realized in these projects.”
