"NIGERIA IMPORTS OVER $8bn WORTH OF FURNITURE YEARLY - FAISAL JAFAR RAFINDADI" Alhaji Faisal Ja’afar Rafindadi, the National Coordinator Katsina Furniture & Interior Expo maintains that, furniture making has grown beyond local production. He has therefore appealed to Katsina State government to partner with the Katsina State Furniture Workers Association especially in the area of machineries and infrastructure in order to boost the state contribution to the sector. Alh. Rafindadi, sadly noted that, despite this progress in the sector, Nigeria imports over $8b worth of furniture on yearly basis. So in order to reverse, the trend, there is the need for the adoption of public private partnership in the furniture industry, to reduce the quantum of heavy import bill which is putting pressure on our foreign exchange reserve. The partnership would also boost revenue of the state while creating employment for Nigerians. He further stated that: “If the governmen...