Newly elected President and Chairman-in-Council of Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON) Mr. Malomo Olugbemi has promised to make printing business in Nigeria profitable again.
According to Mr. Olugbemi in his inaugural statement just after his election, “the task to make printing profitable again is therefore not just desirable, it is a collective responsibility. Our collective slogan therefore shall be “to make printing profitable again, is a task that must be done”. He therefore called on all stakeholders to bring forth ideas that could help to positively transform the industry.
Presenting his 7-Point Agenda aimed at ensuring an all-inclusive Institute that would not only build a sustainable structure for the industry but would also reconnect CIPPON with the Government in a bid to achieve the industry of our dreams. Significantly, the President’s 7-Point Agenda will:
- Ensure Nigerian jobs remain in Nigeria.
- Ensure fair and transparent government procurement policy.
- Pursuance of an intervention fund and easy access to funding printing business.
- Ensure a vibrant and skilled workforce.
- Resuscitation/revitalization of paper mills.
- Pursuance of a National Policy for Printing.
- Research and Development (R&D).
He stressed that to achieve these objectives, “the Institute will be run by a competent registrar and we challenge the Academia to offer their best brain for the day-to-day running of the Institute”.
While noting the immense contributions of courageous men and women that pioneered the chattered status of the printing profession like the pioneer President of the Institute, Mr. Wahab Muhammed Lawal, Mr. Olugbemi proposed that the Council would erect an edifice in Nigeria’s home of printing – Shomolu, to showcase the evolution of printing in Nigeria and the edifice after completion be named after Wahab A. Muhammed Lawal. “Therefore I call on all and sundry to put our differences behind and focus on how we can return our industry to profitability” he reiterated.
