CIPPON deplores printing of election materials abroad

THE Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria ( CIPPON), yesterday, deplored Federal Government’s reliance on foreign printers for production of the nation’s ballot papers.

Led by the president, Olugbemi Malomo, the body made the submission when a delegation visited the Rutam House headquarters of The Guardian to seek the media outfit’s supDomestic Product ( GDP) if port for a better printing awarded to indigenous sector. printers.

Malomo explained that the Malomo implored governcollaboration was to make ment to formulate workthe printing industry a betable policies and support ter place. CIPPON’S Paper Summit, He noted that the over where stakeholders would N200 billion spent yearly gather to fashion out a on printing of sensitive and roadmap for local producsecurity docume nts like tion of paper in the short, revenue receipts, vehicle limedium and long terms, as cences, cheque books, ATM well as crash cost of paper, cards and passports, could free up foreign exchange boost the country’s Gross and generate employment for Nigerians.

Responding, Managing Director and Editor- in- Chief of The Guardian, Martins Oloja, stated that no matter the revolution in the world, printers would continue to remain in business.

He lamented that the country, especially government, was not living up to expectation in providing stimulus package for the newspaper industry to produce educational materials.