During his visit the Hon. Minister announced the establishment of the Sudan Leather City and the Leather Council to be officially declared in the next two weeks.
H.E. Eng. Abdala Hamad, Minister for Industry and Investment and his Team while making courtesy visit to COMESA/LLPI on April 12, 2016 explained the preparatory work to establish the Leather Council and the Leather City have been finalized; and that these two major aspects are at its finalization stage. Plans are, therefore, underway to be launched and implemented. It is anticipated that the establishment of the Leather Council will institutionalize the leather sector and become the stimulus of its leather development.
Some of the recently realized successes in Sudan have been attained through the support drawn from the Government, COMESA/LLPI, and the Private Sector of Sudan; The Sudan Leather Value Chain Strategy (2015-2024) was designed, launched, and unpacked in March 2015.
The establishment of the Leather Council and the Leather City are part of the recommendations made in the Leather Value Chain Strategy which forms an important milestone in Sudan. As such, creating milestone from tangibles agreed upon during the Strategy launch.
During the meeting held at COMESA/LLPI Headquarters, H.E. Eng. Abdalla Hamad was presented with LLPI activities undertaken and proposed activities to be undertaken in the near future and further reiterated that a partnered work plan between his ministry and LLPI be developed to ensure prompt and result oriented implementation in Sudan.
Prof. Mwinyihija, Executive Director of COMESA/LLPI, during the meeting strongly appreciated what the Sudan Government is doing to develop the leather sector. He added that COMESA/LLPI is always appreciative in providing with support at the Government and the private sector level; and would support with appropriate expertise in the Centralized Effluent Treatment in the proposed Leather City.