President Goodluck Jonathan has stopped the
printing of electoral and other sensitive
materials abroad, calling on the Central Bank of
Nigeria (CBN), to revamp the moribund Nigerian
Security, Printing and Minting Company.
The president, speaking during the launch of
national e-ID card in Abuja, disclosed that the
government cannot continue to spend a huge
sum of money to print materials outside.
He stated that the revamping of the moribund
Mint was part of Godwin Emefiele’s mandates
when he was to be appointed the CBN governor.
According to the President, there was no
justification to print electoral materials outside
the shores of Nigeria when the nation can print
them in Nigeria.
Directing the apex bank’s board to engage best
global players to ensure that the moribund
company is revitalised, the President said
“Documents of this nature are produced by
other countries and so Nigeria cannot afford to
empower other countries with such contracts
and create jobs for their citizens”
He further said “There is no way we are doing
local government election, electing House of
Assembly members, electing governors in Oyo,
Ekiti, Adamawa and all what we will produce will
be done outside this country. Why? Other
countries produce their needs; we claim to be a
giant, a giant that will just send everything out?;
we empower others and we don’t create jobs for
our people.
And so Mint must be restructured and both
IndependentNational Electoral Commission
(INEC) and other bodies .
For the Federal Executive Council, he said “we
cannot give approval for any printing whether
passport or anything except Mint says they
cannot produce that. As far as Mint can produce
it, we must produce everything in this country.
For the Mint to be patronised, President
Jonathan said those who will use these services
must have their credibility to protect.
He said the Mint must be in a position to tell
INEC chairman that the security devices are okay
and will be to the exact specification.
Source: Tribune.

Good one Hope it comes through.

We are just busy empowering other countries by doing some of our works abroad. Im still waiting to hear that the importation of petroleum products into the country. The day that one is done, our economy is going to receive an instant boost.

Ok