As the new year 2017 trails on, Mr. Victor Agbro, Managing Director of Ingram Press, a foremost modern printing press in Lagos and by extension Nigeria has lend his voice in the call for oneness among practitioners of printing profession in the country.
Victor Agbro was reacting to an interview session with PRINTERS DIGEST Editor Samuel Nwaekwu when he noted that the observed lack of focus for the industry was not just the undoing of the leadership of the Chartered Institute of Professional Printers of Nigeria (CIPPON) but also as a result of the almost ‘you can’t rule over me’ attitude of some stakeholders.
To Agbro, the lackluster and unsubmissive attitude to leadership of “the powerfuls” within the sector went a long way incapacitating the efficiency of the Mohamed Lawal led administration of the printers regulatory body, CIPPON.
Recall that CIPPON was established by an Act of Parliament in 2009 to oversee, regulate and communicate to the public the activities of the body as well as the industry to the public and for the overall good of the industry practitioners. However, the functioning of CIPPON leadership has continued to come under intense criticism as many practitioners and stakeholders alike claims the present crop of leaders have since lost their bearing and are no longer fit to continue in office.
“We cannot continue this blame game when very many of us who say Lawal is not working are not even registered members of CIPPON. I know my position and interest in CIPPON. Yes, we have issues, but I do not subscribe to it being blown out of proportion. Even Lawal has been saying it that his time has elapsed and what we need is fresh hands in the leadership position. And that presupposes that elections will hold soon. So, All we need as industry practitioners and stakeholders alike is for everyone of us to come together now and build a better printing sector. I am saying this because if we must move forward, we cannot negotiate peaceful coexistence”, added Agbro.
