Hello Nairalanders, Does anyone know of any company that produces Toothpick in Nigeria most especially in Lagos.

Please house, I need this info urgently.

nope....we are importing toothpick

One is in ibadan

KayB:
One is in ibadan

Pls can you forward their address to spawnbayx@gmail.com. Thanks

I have only just seen your enquiry asking for the location of a toothpick factory in Nigeria. The first known toothpick factory in Nigeria is located in ogbese , a town under Akure on the expressway to Owo town. All in Ondo State. Your contacts are 07033019529 Femi and 08035214225 Tope, 08038582399 Seun. It is often said that Nigeria does not produce toothpick but this factory started producing toothpick and pencils and Radio Nigeria, Punch or Tribune and others reported this when this factory started in Akure. For lack of constant electricity the factory moved to Ogbese a suburb of Akure. The factory was supported by NDE (National Directorate of Employment). But like all government supports, it was brief. When the clamour for local production became strident, the one sponsored by Akwa Ibom government which is often described as the first started. But no. For the record, a toothpick and pencil making factory started at Akure before others. Give it to the folks that made it possible at Akure. Out of ignorance, NAFDAC and Office of the National Security Adviser denied the promoters the opportunity of bringing in UF resin powder which is the glue for binding paper pencil, till date, these imported items are there unreleased at Apapa Port. Notwithstanding, the chaps devised local alternatives. Till date, one should keep on asking whether these government bodies really understand how Singapore and the Asian Tigers moved from Third World to First World. People sitting in offices, earning fat salaries, destroying hopes and dreams of their betters who never got to sit in government offices. Money was lost by the promoters but the joy was in knowing that we can do it here in Nigeria. Kudos to a certain Adebiyi in NDE who championed it all. What you and other young Nigerians should ask the Federal government is why they keep on importing toothpick knowing Nigeria is a dumping ground. Why? Why stagnate the production in ogbese and encourage importation from China. If you know how to move this to front page or other zones for public discourse please do.