Of Nigeria’s 14 industrial zones, activity levels in Abuja declined to 36.7% from 39.5%; Bauchi/Benue and Plateau dropped from 36.2% to 35.8%, while Kwara/Kogi decreased from 57.8% to 52.6%
From the 80s up to the late 90s, Sokoto had many functional industries, which included the ceramics, tannery, furniture as well as fertilizer blending plants, among others… Governor Ahmed Aliyu has charged the Sokoto State Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture, with promoting the state’s potential to the outside world, especially in the areas…
They are laying irrigation pipes, they are completing other infrastructure, they are expanding their factories and rehabilitating them, and so on.
In Picture: L-R: Director- General, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Segun Ajayi-Kadir, mn President, MAN, Otunba Francis Meshioye, OFR; Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, Senator Ibrahim Hadejia and Director General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Prof. Ayo Omotayo during the Presentation of Preliminary Report of the Nigeria Manufacturers Summit to…
It is a 10-year period within which we will have advanced manufacturing to a stage where we go beyond the nine percent, 10 per cent contribution to GDP to as high as 20 to 25 per cent.”
President Bola Tinubu has appointed Infrastructure Corporation of Nigeria (InfraCorp) as the lead arranger and developer of Evergreen City, Nigeria’s green industrial zone. The Nation reported that Ajuri Ngelale, the special adviser to the president on media and publicity, said InfraCorp will be responsible for the selection of partners and consultants to undertake critical development…
(Reuters): South Africa’s manufacturing output fell 6.3% year on year in April, after falling by a revised 1.2% in March, statistics agency data showed on Tuesday.Factory production rose 1.9% month on month in April after falling by a revised 2.5% in March.
From 1 July, single-entry visa fees will be raised from the current 3,000 yen ($18.69; £14) to 15,000 yen, while multi-entry visas will now cost 30,000 yen, up from 6,000 yen.
The Vitafoam Group is yet to introduce renewable energy into its power system. Checks by Industrialtimesngr on the company’s energy management and Co2 footprint, shows that the primary source of energy is the National grid through Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN). However, as back-up to the primary source are diesel powered generators installed across…
The Central Bank of Nigeria has sacked about 117 staff cutting across 29 departments, staff of the apex bank said. Daily Trust reported that the layoff had been going on since the appointment of Dr Olayemi Cardoso as the Governor. The CBN workers revealed that no department can be spared in the continued sacking ravaging…
