The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has called on the Federal Government to patronise local printers and publishers of educational materials over their foreign counterparts.
The Minister who gave this assurance in Abuja, when a delegation from the Academy Press Plc. paid him a working visit, said that the decision was to promote the industry.
He assured indigenous printers and publishers of the Federal Government’s support.
Adamu noted that the decision to support the industry is necessitated by the need to support indigenous printers and publishers, in line with the present administration’s policy of local content usage.
In his remarks, the Chairman Academy Press, Wahab Dabiri, called on the Federal Government to give to the printing and publishing industry the same support given to manufacturing and agricultural industries.
The Managing Director, West Africa Book Publishers, a subsidiary of Academy Press, Gbenga Ladipo noted that the use of foreign printers was inhibiting the growth of local printers.
