By Bisola Adeyemo with agency reports
The Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO) has appealed to Kano State Government to repair it’s Northwest zonal office which was damaged by rainstorm.
The Director-General of the institute, Dr Jummai Tutuwa, made the appeal while conducting newsmen round the office on Monday in Kano.
She said that the rooftop of its new central laboratory and tomatoes processing plant were affected by the storm.
Tutuwa, who was accompanied by board members of the institute, said that the damage ran into millions of naira.
According to her, the institute has no capacity to immediately fix the damage.
She, therefore, urged Kano State Government to assist in repairing the damaged portion of the office.
Tutuwa explained that the institute utilised local raw materials to accelerate growth in food and agro allied processing.
The FIIRO boss added that the tomatoes processing plant was established in Kano to reduce post harvest loses being recorded by farmers in the state.