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PRINTERS URGES SWIFT ACTION ON POWER SUPPLY REGULATION IN LAGOS
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Printers across prinng hubs in Lagos have urged government to take a swi acon on the problem of epilepc power supply and to ensure its adequate regulaons.
A printer in the prinng area of Ogba,Mr.Joshua, chief execuve officer of fine print concept described the poor power situaon in the area.
He said “it is unfortunate that I have to rely on a generator for running my business and with the high cost of diesel selling at 786/liter things have not been e a s y … I a m b e g g i n g E KO
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COMPANY (EKEDC) to come to our rescue by finding soluon to this problem”. Another printing praconer at Shomolu prinng area in Lagos Mr. Israel, The Chief execuve officer, Best Choice print concept also added that “As someone who resides in Nigeria, I can categorically state that electricity supply in the country is abysmally poor. Unlike our neighbor in Ghana country, has celebrated years of uninterrupted power supply, never has such happened in the history of Nigeria.
“This poor electricity supply has made it extremely difficult to run a print business in Nigeria, it's appalling that a country that calls itself 'giant of Africa is sll ravaged with the epilepc power and that is why print a major challenges with the sector and we rely heavily reliant on self-generated power”
Further more , he stated that a firstme visitor to Shomolu will be welcomed by a deafening noise f ro m ge n e rato rs s o u n d s everywhere.
He said added that power supply has cripple most businesses and also comes with environmental costs. The constant use of generators that emits fumes into the atmosphere, increases air polluon which affects climate change and human health. In turn, environmental damage can result in agricultural job losses, the ripple effects are countless.
CIPPON IN COLLABORATION WITH FEDERAL MINISTRY CIPPON IN COLLABORATION WITH FEDERAL MINISTRY INDUSTRY TRADE AND INVESTMENT, MAN AND LCCIINDUSTRY TRADE AND INVESTMENT, MAN AND LCCI SET TO HOST FIRST NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL PULP AND SET TO HOST FIRST NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL PULP AND PAPER SUMMIT 2022PAPER SUMMIT 2022
The Chartered Instute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON), in collaboraon with the Federal Ministry of Industry Trade and Investment, Manufacturers Associaon of Nigeria (MAN), and the Lagos State Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) have announced the official date for the first Pulp and Paper Summit scheduled to hold from October 17 -19, 2022at the Abuja Sheraton hotel, Abuja.
In an official statement to the media, the instute stated that the essence of the summit is to bridge the gap in local pulp and paper producon in Nigeria, showcase the viability of the paper and pulp value chain, and also to create stakeholders in an allinclusive policy that will make growth and investment possible with the theme of the summit: Bridging The Gap In Local Pulp And Paper Producon in Nigeria”.
“The Nigerian Paper and Pulp summit is set to change the narraves of import dependence and to showcase the potenal in the paper and pulp value chain as a viable complement to agriculture in terms of employment generaon, wealth creaon, and Naonal development” . The statement reads.
According to the release, the summit will serve as a point of convergence for stakeholders in Nigeria's paper and pulp value chain and fashion a holisc approach to understanding the challenges of the pulp and paper value chain.
“ We t h e p r i n n g i n d u st r y s t a k e h o l d e r s i n c l u d i n g Manufacturers Associaon of Nigeria (MAN), Lagos State Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI), and others will be part of the soluon to our paper problems and also help the federal government reduce the pressure on dollars by recommendaons that will either help revamp our mills or give birth to investment in new paper mills”.
C I P P O N a d d e d : “ B e h i n d hundreds of commonly used paper products like board boxes, p a p e r b a g s , e n v e l o p e s , notebooks, the roll of toilet papers, diapers, newspapers, magazines or books, there are a whole chain of companies generang employment and wealth through the pulp and paper sector. Nigeria imports an esmated 3.0 million metric tonnes of paper and pulp for its consumpon. This is cosng the naon over 3 billion dollars in value. Can Nigeria save this fund or a percentage of it? The statement inquired.
PRINTERS COMPLAINT OVER HEAVY PRINTERS COMPLAINT OVER HEAVY DEPENDENCE ON MATERIAL IMPORTATIONDEPENDENCE ON MATERIAL IMPORTATION
The potenal of Nigeria's prinng industry as a lucrave and profitable sector is being undermined by the heavy increase of producon costs and the import dependent situaon of the sector among other issues.
As a result, these limits the s i g n i fi c a n t i m p a c t a n d contribuon the industry could be making to grow the economy.
This was gathered during a faceto- face interview with printers Lagos, where printers were able to speak out their mind about the challenges facing their businesses from me to me. Tiamiyu Samad, chief execuve officer, concept print and synergy industry, said the industry is largely import dependent as 90% of the materials and machines used are sourced from abroad.
“Most of the prinng materials used are imported from foreign countries especially China and when you finally gets to contribute money to purchase the materials or machine , you need to clear the materials in Apapa is equivalent to the amount you bought the materials,”he said.
A u g u s n e R a p h a e l , c h i ef execuve officer, perfect impact print located at Ogba prinng hub also sh d more light on the heavy d e p e n d e n c e o n m a t e r i a l importaon affecng Nigeria prinng industry.
“The importaon dependence is wo rs e n e d b y t h e c u r re nt exchange rate and has made it so difficult for businesses to bring in product easily“ , he further said that paper mills in Nigeria are not funconing in full capacity and paper is a crucial part of producon.
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around different prinng hubs in you'll then realize that the money Raphel went ahead to urged the g o v e r n m e n t t o p r i o r i ze resuscitang those moribund paper mills in Nigeria, which will t r e m e n d o u s l y r e d u c e dependence on importaon for producon acvies, Apapa clearing fee should also be considerate.
FG APPROVES ZERO IMPORT DUTIES FOR CIPPON LICENSED EQUIPMENT DEALERS
Federal Government of Nigeria has approved zero i m p o r t d u e s o n a l l imported prinng equipment into the country by the Chartered Instute of Professional Printers of Nigeria's (CIPPON) licensed prinng equipment dealers.
The good news from the Chartered body – CIPPON came as a relief to the prinng equipment dealers, who yearning for the high cost of tariff on import duty has caused the sky rocking of equipment cost, thereby affecng the final cost of print producon.
This informaon was made available by the instute to equipment dealers on Printers' social media plaorms across the country. In an official statement by the council secretary, Mr. Akin Oduwole, he said: “CIPPON advocacy work has yielded a great result. All prinng equipment dealers that wish to benefit from these zero import dues should contact the secretariat to process their licenses”. Reacng to the news, the Chairman of Yaliam Press, Alhaji Yahaya Amfani said: “Great job and the way to go CIPPON!!! Weldon to the president, Mr. Olugbemi Malomo, his execuves, and the enre council members, including those who worked to achieve these historic achievements. We are making progress despite some challenges we hope and pray to overcome soonest, united we stand to gain more from the federal and state governments” He stated
IT'S IMPROVING' SAYS AUGUSTINE RAPHAEL
Prinng isn't dying; its improving… this statement was made by Augusne Raphael, chief execuve officer of perfect impact print, ogba Lagos, in a recent interview stated that the volume of materials being printed isn't falling, it is actually rising. Half a century later, prinng is sll not on its way out, but its changing as digizaon is disrupng many print industries, including publishing, people now absorb their newspapers and books online.
He said further that, digital prinng is a 21st century technology and print operators are invesng in digital infrastructure, such as servers and workstaons, because of the advantage over litho presses. More informaon is being converted and exchanged in digital formats, such as email and online forms, which means the demands on printers are changing. Big runs are giving ways to smaller ones and very small producon schedules are been demanded, awhich reduces the me vailable for offsite print finishing. "Top of the line is that digital prinng reduces print shop costs by up to 30%; that's more than the typical margin on most jobs” "It increases job speed by up to 50%, so printers can respond more rapidly to customer requirements”
"It is infinitely more flexible, crucial in achieving variable data outputs and, with finishing built in to digital printers, and it allows complete jobs to roll off one machine, in-house, with no addional handling required. Even though more informaon is going digital, it doesn't mean less work for printers" "So it is good to say that the emergence of digital resuscitates dying print business" . However, the volume of output is connuing to grow substanally-it just the type of job that is changing, with a demand for smaller individual jobs.
He then concluded that, digital prinng is the way to the future- not because litho prinng is bad, but because the future demands flexibility, speed and lower costs, he also implores printers across Nigeria to always keep updated to the changes in print industry.
“OGBA ASSPPON IS THE ONLY PRINT ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZED BY LAGOS STATE GOVERNMENT” ASSPPON 1ST VICE SAYS
“ASSPPON Ogba is the only print associaon recognized by Lagos state government, Mushin and Shomolu are not recognized” … this statement was made by Mr. Sepkene Godfrey Ochiemen, the former Vice Chairman of the Associaon of Prinng Praconers of Nigeria, Ogba branch of the associaon during an interview session with the Printers Digest magazine at the Chartered Instute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON) Naonwide printers' enumeraon and registraon exercise at Ogba area of Lagos State.
Sepkene commended CIPPON president, Mr. Olugbemi Malomo's lead administraon, and the council members for the exercise which he said came late but beer late than never. He added, “if they've started early, they would have been able to redefine the system and bring out the real professional printers, but it's beer late than never. We can see the present council impact, and the membership registraon exercise will help to tackle the challenges facing the prinng i n d u st r y t h e re by e ra d i ca n g nonprofessional printers from our sector. More jobs will start come to the professionals as against what we currently have where everyone is a printer in Nigeria, people walk up to the office and speak their normal language to get the job, I might do the job anyhow because of the paltry sum of money I'm going to collect for the job, I might do the job anyhow, so efficiency and quality will be lost” .
Sekpene went ahead to express his dissasfacon over the defunct CIPPON council that he paid for registraon and was never issued his cerficate to date.
He also added that the CIPPON strategic compliance with the government to ensure that printers must present their license before any printer could be offered a job is a great idea for the industry, the reason is that the me will come for that license will be an avenue for them to access the enablement of prinng in Nigeria because as at now they cannot really access the development and the equipment of prinng in Nigeria but when the core professionals are into it now they'll be able to see prinng as a profession and as a business.
Advising the current CIPPON council, he encouraged them to put more effort and more commitment to the already great work they are doing. He said: “The Ogba branch of ASSPPON is a stakeholder in the Nigerian prinng industry. It is not Shomolu and Mushin as the majority claimed. ASSPPON Ogba is the only print associaon that is recognized by the Lagos State government, and Mushin and Shomolu aren't recognized. We went through some processes to achieve this registraon, that's why Lagos state government can give our members loan close to 400,000 Naira”.
