₦airaland Forum

Peter Dada

Some youths have established a factory for the production of toothpicks and pencils in Akure, the Ondo State capital, under the sponsorship of the National Directorate of Employment.

The factory, where over 250 graduates are currently working, is said to be the first of its kind in Africa.The idea of local toothpicks production in Nigeria was said to have been conceived by a young graduate who convinced the management of the NDE that the product could be produced with bamboo stems.At the inauguration of the factory in Akure, the Acting Director-General of the NDE, Mr. Kunle Obayan, said the NDE’s sponsorship of the project was part of the agency’s effort towards complementing the micro-economic policies of the Federal Government, aimed at stimulating local production of goods.

He explained that some young graduates approached the agency early this year with the proposal to set up the factory to produce toothpicks, adding that the agency accepted the proposal because it was perceived to be a viable project.

He said, “It is on record that millions of dollars are being spent on the importation of toothpicks and pencils. The Central Bank of Nigeria no longer provides foreign exchange for the importation of toothpicks; therefore, the viability of this project is not in doubt.”

Obayan called on other young graduates with good ideas to bring their proposals to the NDE.

“We are ready to sponsor any good proposal so that our youths will be empowered and unemployment will reduce in this country,” he said.

He explained further that the agency would support the factory from the production point to the marketing of the products to enable the business to survive.

The initiator of the project, Mr. Samuel Babatunde, expressed his gratitude to the NDE for the support given to him and his colleagues to execute the project.

He urged that Federal Government to tackle the problem of power for the business to survive.

He said, “We came to the NDE with the idea of starting a toothpick manufacturing factory. Another set of colleagues also came up with the idea of starting a waste paper, pencil manufacturing factory. The NDE did not shun us, but rather, they encouraged us.

“They provided the funds and moral support and today, we are witnessing history being made here in Akure, Ondo State. Today, the first toothpick manufacturing factory in Africa is being inaugurated.”

Yoruba Keyboard Language Pack Is Now Available For Mac And Windows Users


Now this is handy.

The geniuses at Yorubaname.com have come up with a nifty little language tweak for Mac and Windows users. Users can now include tone marks and subdots in their names and sentences by installing a Yoruba keyboard language pack.

There are other solutions out there, especially on Windows, that make writing in yorùbá (see that?) a possibility but the team claim their language pack offers both layouts with very similar key combinations for consistency.

If you remember, this is the same team that brought us Twitter in yoruba. Or at least were partly responsible. Seems they have no intention of slowing down.


You can download the installation pack on their website


http://techcabal.com/2015/08/10/yoruba-keyboard-language-packs-now-available-for-mac-and-windows-users/

Fineman87:
Continue disgracing Yoruba. So this is your technological product abi.

shamecurls:
Knew you will paste one cheap article from a blog that was last updated in 2016. Give me a renowned link- CNN, FoxNews, AlJazeera and co.

Its a Blatant Lie!

nwabobo:
Are you just landing from the moon? Here you go

https://newtelegraphonline.com/news/igbos-brilliant-black-africa-race/

If I dash you miracle slap with that international research bullshit. International research ko, local investigation ni

FYI, that article was written by Chanda Chisala before it was posted on UNZ. NewTelegraph the chitgbo website it and quickly changed the title to "Igbos most intelligent African tribe"

The bursted,fact link,below:
sawhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/9755929/IQ-tests-do-not-reflect-intelligence.html
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IQ tests 'do not reflect intelligence'
IQ tests are misleading because they do not accurately reflect intelligence, according to a study which found that a minimum of three different exams are needed to measure someone's brainpower.

TheTrueSeeker:
Visit over, President @MBuhari sees off his guests. Abuja House, London, this afternoon.

Obdk:
Exactly why we want rochas and apc gone from Igboland

kettle84:
we are not cowards like the Nigerian 2face.After the Onitsha protest people said silly things like being tamed .it happened in Enugu Buhari didn't visit and a resounding thunderstorm protest happen in our own rivers state and the illiterate and uncivilized NA and drunken police fired on our beloved people with their rickety rifles and that cut the attention of the world and now the world sees NA as unprofessional and illiterate .Now any gathering of the zoo officials in London is matched with ready protesting brothers. #thezoomustfall#

https://www.nairaland.com/3613746/fulani-herdsmen-destroy-farms-rape

kettle84:
what do you mean by subdued or tamed? It is an ongoing process.that NA and the world's worst police force killed armless protesters while they can't do nothing to one of the world's terror groups in NE Nigeria is mind bugging. They ended up making themselves a laughing stock in the commity of nations justifying the daming and image tarnishing report of Amnesty international. For your info IPOB for the first time is known worldwide and respected as a peaceful none violent group pushing for liberation.

kettle84

IPOB is wiser than you. They can't join such protest because thier cause is different from mumu protest.

Shewunoshewa:
What it seems to you doesnt matter

The facts remain that:

1. Protests were staged

2. They were peaceful

3. Nobody was shut to the dismay of the yEasterners

4. The protesters were responded to and their message has been received.

5. It didnt matter whether the yEasterners were part of it or not.

Israeljones:
Todays protest is sign that A peaceful protest can done in Nigeria without any single evidence of violence.. Even to the point that the lagos commissioner has to join in the protest...
But i still really dont understand why each time the ipobians goes on a self proclaimed peaceful protest there is always shedding of blood and record of deaths...
or could it be as a result of the matured party behind todays protest or perhaps the over aggressiveness of ipobs... something must be missing

guys i need ur comment on this,,, so the ipobs can learn on how to make a peaceful protest without records of violence..
@lalasticlala

Doghari:
The country is cursed already, but unfortunately Igbos seem to be relatively immune to the hardship they all experience.
A maternal uncle is currently building 2 plazas simultaneously in Nnewi despite recession while the sophisticated ones are converting primary schools in Osun to IDP camps.

SUBWAY101:
You dont believe? Ask the former ambassador to abidjan, Ojukwu

SUBWAY101:
Its a lie. According to a research in Aba, Ibos are the bravest tribe in the world. Ojukwu and the governor of Enugu can testify to it. Ohanese is lying.

oyatz:
Do you know the number of people in Lagos, Kano and Ibadan that are half Igbo- half Yoruba s? Yoruba-Igbo union(both legal and illegal marriages) take place every weekend.

lordyugo:
are you frm lagos too? Looooool
insanity is throwing shades at great igbo ppl nd dr regions while SW REGIONS are best depicted as horror movies.
hv u collected low naira denomination today as omo nile or alaye loooool

Ioannes:
You dey mind dem? No be laziness make dem win world championship for drug smuggling.

lordyugo

ur lazy older afonja generation will disagree wit u loooool

lordyugo:
u jus got to luv afonjas delusions in grandeur , really hilarious. Hv u eaten 50naira beans today?

pcei:
I neva take yorubas serious, laziness runs in their blood. So it's not ur fault

pcei:
the stronghold of the west is the east. Don't generalise, be specific. Is it not lagos u are talking about? Let the east go and lagos will be miserable