Rainstorm destroys Kano FIIRO’s lab, tomato plant
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO) has appealed to the Kano government to repair its North-West zonal office damaged by rainstorm.
The institute’s director-general, Jummai Tutuwa, made the appeal while conducting journalists round the office on Monday in Kano.
She said the rooftop of FIIRO’s new central laboratory and tomato processing plant were affected by the storm.
Ms Tutuwa, accompanied by FIIRO’s board members, said that the damage ran into millions of naira. According to her, the institute has no capacity to immediately fix the damage.
She explained that the institute utilised local raw materials to accelerate growth in food and agro allied processing. The FIIRO boss added that the tomato processing plant was established in Kano to reduce post-harvest losses recorded by farmers.
Ajayi Nicholas, chairman of FIIRO’s business and investment committee, called on the National Assembly lawmakers from the state to intervene.
(NAN)
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