BY MOTOLANI OSENI Nigeria’s quest to build a billion-dollar leather industry by 2025 has faltered, with export earnings reaching only $921 million in 2024, according to figures from the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC). Despite high expectations from the National Leather and Leather
Dr Eucharia Ngozi-Oparah, Director-General, Nigerian Institute of Leather Science and Technology, (NILEST) says the military boots produced by the institute, ranked as one of the best globally. She made the disclosure on Monday while receiving participants of the National Defence College (NDC) Course 26, Abuja during a visit to the institute in Zaria, Kaduna State. […]







