Jubilee, a syringe manufacturing firm in Awa, Akwa Ibom State says it has the capacity to produce 350 million units of 2ml, 5ml and 10ml disposable syringes annually. The firm which was commissioned two years ago, currently produces one million units of disposable syringes per day, with the quality of its products said to be among the best in the world.
Akin Oyediran, the managing director of the firm, who stated this in an interview with BusinessDay in his office, said if the power supply issue was resolved before the end of the year, the firm would be in a position to produce 350 million units of syringes per year.
Oyediran said the feedback the company has received from many West African countries about the company’s product was encouraging, such that it plans to increase the market reach, and to expand to other African countries by next year.
“The quality of our products meets any international syringe production. We have to make sure we produce quality products,” he said.
He said, as a medical device manufacturing firm, they have the responsibility to be professional in all their processes; insisting that they are capable of doubling their capacity without adding a new block of building, since according to him, the factory currently has four lines of production.
“Our plan is to increase our capacity when the power issue is addressed, we will be able to sustain our business with zero power challenge,” he said.
Oyediran said the company which is reputed to be the largest on the African continent explained that its goal is to grow manufacturing in the state and lauded the community for being business friendly and welcoming.
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“We are happy to be here, the best kept secret is being business friendly, the environment is safe and the community is welcoming. This is just the right place to be,” he said.
He expressed the hope that qualified indigenes of the state will show interest in joining the company as positions to be a leading manufacturing firm in the state; adding that it has mapped out a comprehensive corporate social responsibility (CSR) scheme for the community.
BusinessDay gathered that the ultimate goal of the company is not only to make Nigeria self-sufficient in syringe production, but also a net exporter of syringe and other medical devices to other countries.
