Francis Arihilam
Recently, 250 Nigerian graduates, under the sponsorship of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), have established a factory that just started producing toothpicks and pencils in Akure, Ondo State – the first of its kind in Nigeria.
The idea of local toothpicks production was brought up by one of the young graduates, who convinced the NDE that the products could be produced with bamboo stems from the state.
