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The Industrial Leather Hub, which is being constructed by the Lagos State Government, would create employment for the teeming Lagosians and also offers training opportunities for youths.
Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, Governor of Lagos State, disclosed this on Thursday, when he paid a visit to the rubber hub located in Matori area of Mushin in the state.
The Governor said the completion of the hub would translate to generation of direct and indirect jobs for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the ecosystem.
The tannery project was conceived by the Sanwo-Olu administration in 2020 for the production of leather products, such as shoes, belts, bags and upholsteries. The facility will also offer training opportunities for youths to learn skills in leather manufacturing and earn a living in the value chain.
The Governor also disclosed that there would be 42 lock-up shops in the hub, where finished leather goods would be traded.
“Raw leather exported to China and Europe are brought back to Nigeria in finished goods and they are more expensive. We initiated this idea of a leather hub to break into this economic cycle and add values to raw leather materials produced localy”, the Governor said.
“The hub would be a primary manufacturing source for retailers in the ecosysIndustrial Leather Will Create Employment, Training For Youths – Sanwo – Olu
The Industrial Leather Hub which is being constructed by the Lagos State Government would create employment for the teeming Lagosians and also offers training opportunities for youths.
Mr Babajide Sanwo – Olu, Governor of Lagos State, disclosed this on Thursday, when he paid a visit located in Matori area, Mushin in the state.
The Governor said the completion of the hub would translate to generation of direct and indirect jobs for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the ecosystem.
The tannery project was conceived by the Sanwo-Olu administration in 2020 for the production of leather products, such as shoes, belts, bags and upholsteries. The facility will also offer training opportunities for youths to learn skills in leather manufacturing and earn a living in the value chain.
The Governor also disclosed that there would be 42 lock-up shops in the hub, where finished leather goods would be traded.
“Raw leather exported to China and Europe are brought back to Nigeria in finished goods and they are more expensive. We initiated this idea of a leather hub to break into this economic cycle and add values to raw leather materials produced localy”, the Governor said.
“The hub would be a primary manufacturing source for retailers in the ecosystem. There is a large leather market in Mushin to take up the produce to consumers; traders would no longer be burdened to turn tanned skins to finished products.
“The hub is about 65 per cent complete; the contractor has committed to the December deadline. We will give him two additional months, because we are expecting the equipment to be used for the leather production to start arriving from October.
“Economic value of this is that thing we can start and end the entire production process here in Lagos. Jobs would be generated and businesses would be developed. More so. There is a large leather market in Mushin to take up the produce to consumers; traders would no longer be burdened to turn tanned skins to finished products.
“The hub is about 65 per cent complete; the contractor has committed to the December deadline. We will give him two additional months, because we are expecting the equipment to be used for the leather production to start arriving from October.
“Economic value of this is that we can start and end the entire production process here in Lagos. Jobs would be generated and businesses would be developed.”
