It also called on the agencies to give contracts to printers who are licensed by the institute. In a press briefing held in Lagos, with the theme, ‘2023 General Election: Matters Arising in the Nigerian Printing Industry’, the CIPPON President, Malomo Olugbemi, said government agencies, such as INEC, spend hugely on printing, without corresponding economic benefit to the industry.
Given the level of corruption in the industry, the institute established a board, to set in motion plans, including a strategic framework that would turn the industry into a business ecosystem, where benefits that accrue will advantage all. He said: “From the beginning of our first tenure as council members, after the election in July 2019, we embarked on a journey of using the instrument of regulation provided by Act 24 of 2007 to contribute to the economic growth and development of our nation by making printing business profitable again and intentionally laying out plans to institutionalise our industry, hitherto dominated by ‘status quo’.
“On the eve of the election, we were informed by some of our council members that there was an injunction from the Federal High Court in Minna, obtained by a lady, Jumoke Owoeye, who was inducted six months earlier into the institution, stopping the election.