emeijeh:
We saw it coming

You saw what coming? I disagree with you. Your pictorial comparison is way off. The question you should answer is, if we could not produce/manufacture pencil, how do you want us to jump straight to driverless car levels?

good1!we need comdon factories also.

I pray the workers there won't run it down as if the owner owes them something other than creating jobs.

More of this {and sth similar} in other states
Instead of useless nysc lectures, staff from companies like this should teach Corp members rudiments of production
Selected corp members to be posted to such companies...
Then I'll begin to see a better Nigeria

afonjas be like.... it must be in Lagos!!!

I weep 4 ds coun3. Applauding pencils & toothpick in d 21st century? Somtn some coun3s perfected over 400 years ago, we are patting ourselves on d back 4 just starting? Meanwhile, we import petroleum products, our steel & iron manufacturing industries r moribund, we lack efficient heavy rail system 2 transport goods & raw materials around our coun3, pls tell me;hw can we enta d industrial age wt all these infrastructure missing? Our inland waterways transport is non-existent, we produce cocoa bt still import chocolate, we hv cows bt still import corned beef, we hv rivers & oceans bt still import fish, we hv rubber bt still import tyres. The tinned sardine & geisha imported 4rm morocco & oda coun3s r made 4rm Titus & mackerel fishes respectively. R dey nt found in our waters? Tell me, isn't ds a thing of shame? Any1 who loves Nigeria shld now his/her head in shame afta hearing ds news. Nigeria is finished!

Those pencils are not dark enough, they should improve on them.

MisterMetro:
The Akwa Ibom State Toothpick and Pencil Factory is located along Km 2, Uyo-Etinan Road,Ekom Iman,Etinan LGA. See photos below

http://www.metronaija.com/2017/06/photos-first-toothpick-and-pencil.html

cc: lalasticlala mynd44

And you called it first toothpick and pencil factory in the country? you must be a kid, there are many in East

crazyABO:
Lol after how many years atleast we will stop seeing made in China on our pencil not the one that pencil won't writeoooo

lol....bad belle

lol.....i know a toothpick factory in Aba...it has been in operation since last year.

This is what we need

Swaycater:
A Step in the right Direction! Who said we got no Innovative Minds roaming the Streets of Nigeria? God bless Nigeria!

If you are calling pencil-making an innovation, then something must be seriously wrong with you

blessedqueen:



lol....bad belle

lol I was just saying ni nw

To think i see this factory and admire the place basically every day i passed there makes this news interesting to me. Akwa Ibom yaya

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Wow... That's good