prettysolid:
This is real news to me. I tot our pencils were made in Nigeria. waaaaaaat!

Unless you can't read. China no dey mess with credit. They always print shiny Made in China in my own pencils

d production no be even dis yr o. dem say na afta two yrs o. i tink we shud observe one minute silence for.dis nation after readin dis

God bless naija.

How about eraser?

May God bless naija.May God bless naija.May God bless naija.

Up omu

LagosObama:



Where are the wailers now They obviously don't have a clue how messed up the country has been, instead of supporting PMB, they're wasting energy and effort attacking him, not realizing they're attacking the future of their children.... May God open their eyes to see the obvious!

True talk bro. Most people just want to see Buhari fail without knowing fully well that Buhari's failure will spell DOOM for all of us and even our children in the future.

I remain absolutely positive and believe, against all odds, that the man Buhari shall rid Nigeria of corruption and set the foundation for a globalised and industrialised economy. Amen!!!

itzmarvyx:
And i thought I heard it all when someone told me matches was imported.

So pencils too

even tooth pick

We are profiteers. It is more profitable to import pencil than to produce one. More profitable to import than produce rice. More profitable to import clothes than to produce. More profitable to import petrol than allow local refineries work. Trendier to import Indian hair than to grow ours. We are still fighting the President to liberalize foreign exchange for us to import Polo, RayBan and Gucci products. Who wants to drive Innoso? Or wear Aba na-anya.

Timbi:



http://thenationonlineng.net/nigeria-to-start-production-of-pencils-says-onu/

AFTER ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS! CONGRATULATIONS OOO.

Kx:


Its no joke, just shows the extent at which we battered our economy by importing all sorts of things.

my brother eh this country done tire person. few days ago i heard we even import toothpick

Why do people make up so much lies and uninformed statements?
Is this a cooked up story, or is this minister just bullshitting?

There are thousands of stationery makers scattered all over nigeria.
One of them is MEGACORP NIGERIA LIMITED

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MEGACORP Nigeria Limited was incorporated in 1988 as the investment company of the Gamla Group and has grown over the years to attain a diversified portfolio of businesses in various trade and manufacturing sectors.

The company exemplifies the Group’s passion for resource development, business growth, industry standards and corporate best practices, pioneering manufacturing and trading in niche markets. One such venture is the establishment a factory for the manufacture of instructional materials such as pencils, erasers, sharpeners, rulers, and school furniture following a ban on the importation of these materials by the Nigerian Government in the past.

Megacorp is engaged in the following areas of business:

Manufacture of Educational Materials
Rental and Maintenance of Seismic Exploration Equipment
Importation and supply of Instructional Materials
Importation and supply of various consumer and industrial products, including chemicals
Importation and supply of Police & Military equipment
Importation and supply of Health-care Products
Rental of Earthmoving Equipment
Heavy Duty Equipment Haulage & Lifting Services.

http://www.gamlagroup.com/megacorp-nigeria-linited/


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k-smile ventures
Our company is a paper pencil manufacturing company with a pioneer status in ng We have an installed capacity of 10,800,000 paper pencils per annum.We are located in lagos.
Telephone234-1-7760708Address2 Mobolaji Akanbi Close Magodo Gra, Shangisha, Lagos, Nigeria

https://www.gmdu.net/join-29-1367-join-72-p1.html

And a minister has the guts to say this to the whole world without feeling any shame ?? And the production is even billed to start In 2 years time,while the FG budgets 764 million for recreational activities
Really pathetic to say the very least

zizirecords:
It's times like this I am ashamed to be Nigerian. Many years of military and PDP misrule. God help this country.

military would mean our beloved buhari also contributed to our retrogression to this point..

This man should be ashamed of himself.


When others are on nanotechnology Nigeria is planing on producing pencils in d next 2yrs.

A country produces only pencils and erasers. Pencil production is efficient if the marginal _____________ of a pencil equals the marginal _________ of ___________.
 a. cost; cost; an eraser
 b. cost; benefit; an eraser
 c. benefit; cost; a pencil
 d. benefit; benefit; an eraser

Nigeria has not been doing this? What a shame. This country should've been manufacturing pencils long before now.

It's laughable that they're publicizing this news when the so-called production is 2 years away. The right time to publicize this is when they're ready to begin production, not 2 years beforehand. Actions speak louder than words. I will take this news with a grain of salt.

WE IMPORT WEATHER TOO

Niaja @55 producing pencil

Though is shameful but is a good development due to the level we have overall placed the nation.

I knew HB pencil was made in China because it was boldly written on it, but I didn't know that Nigeria don't produce pencils! Chaii!
But would Biro not be harder to make than pencil? we have biro companies in Nigeria!

The yeye man wanted to make it look normal by saying no West African country produces pencil, rubbish!

Even due we walk through the valley of our so called heroes pass we should fear no evils committed by them. Those criminals telling us that we are the futures of Nigeria when we are still babies cannot produce pencil in this country.

One by one Baba God go dill with una!

OMg...this must be a joke

Please Nigeria should go to Aba,therein lies our holy Grail of Nigerian industrialization.

scholes0:
Why do people make up so much lies and uninformed statements?
Is this a cooked up story, or is this minister just bullshitting?

There are thousands of stationary makers scattered all over nigeria.
One of them is MEGACORP NIGERIA LIMITED

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http://www.gamlagroup.com/megacorp-nigeria-linited/


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https://www.gmdu.net/join-29-1367-join-72-p1.html

lalasticlala abeg do something on this post, take it to frontpage! the no pencil industry in Nigeria story is very embarrassing.

Absolutely! People like you never see beyond Buhari vs PDP. My reference was to all military and civilian regimes since Independence.

IzonOwei:
military would mean our beloved buhari also contributed to our retrogression to this point..

khassy:
Pencils and this is news?


This shît's stupid as it looks

400,000 jobs that's what matters

Even pencil we do not produce!

nigerians have suffered too much, because of useless "leaders".

Hope this apc people are not liars like others before.

i SAID IT!!!i always see china babies in my primary school pencils.
Anytime i see "made in china",i think nigerians did it and deliberately wrote it

zizirecords:
Absolutely! People like you never see beyond Buhari vs PDP. My reference was to all military and civilian regimes since Independence.

as you stopped at pdp I had to wonder..no mind me..

gemale:
Hian! So we import pencil? Lord have mercy! Pencil! We can't produce ordinary pencil? Something dt requires only wood, pencil lead & glue we still dey import @ dis age & tym? Even if d raw materials 4 pencil lead no dey 9ja we no fit improvise use charcoal? SMH. Crude oil is indeed a curse 2 dis nation. I no go shock if we dey import water & air 4 9ja. Y naira value no go fall when all we Sabi do na import, import, import?

Even matches and tooth pick..... I weep for my country

Shame onto u pple, in this century