Tiger nut and walnut can fetch Nigeria N100 billion annually and create direct and indirect employment for over 5,000 people, Director General of Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC), Prof Peter Onwualu, has said.
Prof Onwualu, who spoke yesterday at the sensitization workshop and exhibition on the socio-economic uses of tiger nut and walnut in Abuja, said if the value chain for production, handling, processing and marketing of the commodities are properly developed, the country would reap bountifully from them in terms of revenue and employment generation.