Association says that more than half of the surviving
Commerce Association
says that
webapex.net more than half of the surviving firms are “ailing”.
At least 800 companies
closed shop in Nigeria between 2009 and 2011, due to the harsh operating
business environment, the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce has said.
The companies that have
survived are also
westernmagazine.org having serious challenges as more than half of them have been
classified as “ailing.’’
This was disclosed by
the President of Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines
and Agriculture, NACCIMA, Herbert Ajayi, on Tuesday, in Asaba, in a paper he
presented at
ysin.org
a zonal workshop on economic diversification organised by the
Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, RMAFC.
Mr. Ajay said the
current situation of the “surviving” industries poses a great threat to the
survival of the manufacturing industry. He added that capacity utilisation in
industries hovers around 30 per cent and 45 per cent on the average, with 100
per cent overhead costs.
He blamed the continued
decline in the manufacturing sectors on “political and economic factors’’,
citing poor infrastructure and epileptic power supply as key impediments to the
industry.
“The manufacturing
industry as a whole operates on more than 70 per cent of energy it generates,
using generators; and operating these generators greatly increases the cost of
manufacturing goods,’’ he said.
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