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Nigeria aims to double leather revenues in three years

22/08/2014

Nigeria’s Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga, has announced the government is to embark in a wide-ranging initiative to boost the country’s leather sector, reviving tanneries that are no longer in operation and investing in infrastructure. He identified six clusters which will be upgraded. “The Kano Leather Cluster is...

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