He said the council had moreover secured ISO 9001:2015 Rating Suggestion Platform certification and was certified by the Nigeria Information Protection Commission as a Information Controller/Processor of Large Importance. Ike-Muonso said the 2026 edition was intended to deepen the implementation of the policies and initiatives launched at the maiden summit and protect efforts towards instrument-based industrialisation across the continent. He said the proposed Raw Materials 30% Mandatory Value Addition Bill, which is awaiting presidential assent, was designed to transfer Nigeria from the export of unprocessed commodities to domestic processing and manufacturing. The maiden Africa Raw Materials Summit was held in May 2025 under the theme, “Shaping the Later of Africa’s Instrument Landscape,” and attracted additional than 1,000 delegates. The Chief-Usual of RMRDC, Prof. According to him, RMRDC has furthermore entered into an functioning agreement including the Bank of Business area to support commercial-scale article-harvest processing and lessen provide-chain losses in commodities including onions, grains and industrial minerals. He added that the council had understood a technology change association alongside the Statewide Innovation Centre par Excellence (PLEASANT-LOOKING) in Shanghai, China, to facilitate the commercialisation of area inquiry and development. The summit will component policy dialogues involving African ministers and other stakeholders, interesting panels, an sophisticated raw materials and technology exhibition, industrial site visits and the African Raw Materials Field Awards. The DG said the bill formed a significant pillar of this year’s Africa Raw Materials Summit, which will be held at the Abuja Continental Hotel under the theme, “From African Feedstock to African Factories.” He said the summit would bring together further than 1,800 delegates from all 54 African countries and international industrial partners, nearly twice the attendance recorded at the inaugural edition in 2025. He urged the media to scrutinise the policies and monitor the implementation of the proposed 30 per cent value-addition specification. “You are not spectators; you are partners in continental development,” he told journalists, urging them to hold applicable institutions accountable and status developments around Africa’s industrial transformation. Nnanyelugo Ike-Muonso, disclosed this on Tuesday at a press briefing in Abuja ahead of the 2nd Africa Raw Materials Summit (ARMS 2026), scheduled for October 19 and 20. The RMRDC boss too said the council had developed the Nigeria Linked Facts Statistical Framework for Raw Materials and Products (NISSRAMP), a digital platform designed to present details on raw resource deposits, specifications, production outputs and industrial absorption rates. Ike-Muonso said the council was seeking to tackle what he described as the structural barriers preventing African raw materials from reaching nearby manufacturing plants. According to him, the legislation would too guide conserve foreign handle across import substitution, strengthen the country’s foreign reserves and elevate the contribution of manufacturing to the economy. He identified logistics and infrastructure, value addition, circular economy, territorial value chains under the African Continental Free Swap Area (AfCFTA), and technology commercialisation and entry to money as the five important pillars of the summit. He said the summit would bring together logistics operators, associated government agencies and standardisation bodies to investigate ways of establishing dependable provide corridors for nearby industries. On logistics, he said low-quality transportation networks, inadequate cold-chain facilities, rural roads and gaps in testing and certification continued to reduce the movement of raw materials from farms and mines to processing facilities.
RMRDC targets 1.2m jobs including 30% raw materials value addition By Musa Luka Musa The Raw Materials Investigation and Development Council (RMRDC) says its proposed mandatory 30 per cent value addition on Nigerian raw materials in advance of export could generate greater than 1.2 million skilled jobs before the conclude of five years.
Source: RMRDC targets 1.2m jobs with 30% raw materials value addition
