By Sylvester Idowu
Former Delta State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial aspirant, Chief Sunny Onuesoke, has called for the immediate scrapping of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) over alleged non-performance for over 30 years of its existence.
Onuesoke, who premised his call for the scraping of RMRDC for not meeting the objectives and purpose of its establishment, wondered why the federal government is still keeping such commission, and wasting resources keeping the personnel.
The PDP chieftain recalled the response of the Director-General of the research agency, Professor Hussain Ibrahim, to an inquiry set up by a Senate panel mid last year, where he reportedly listed ‘Kilishi’, a smoked meat delicacy, as the only achievements of the research agency after 30 years of its existence.
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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.