The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has called on the Federal Government to patronise local printers and publishers of educational materials over their foreign counterparts. TheMinister who gave this assurance in Abuja, when a delegation from the AcademyPress Plc. paid him a working visit, said that the decision was to promote theindustry. Heassured indigenous printers and publishers of the Federal Government’s support. Adamunoted that the decision to support the industry is necessitated by the need tosupport indigenous printers and publishers, in line with the presentadministration’s policy of local content usage. Inhis remarks, the Chairman Academy Press, Wahab Dabiri, called on the FederalGovernment to give to the printing and publishing industry the same supportgiven to manufacturing and agricultural industries. TheManaging Director, West Africa Book Publishers, a subsidiary of Academy Press,Gbenga Ladipo noted that the use of foreign printers was inhibiting the growthof local printers.