Nigeria plans to more than double the contribution of manufacturing to its economy in the next three years through policy stimulus and investments, Trade and Investment Minister Olusegun Aganga said. “We will increase manufacturing from an abysmal 4 percent of the gross domestic product to over 10 percent by 2017,” […]
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Cement industry attracts $8bn new investments – Aganga
Nigeria’s cement industry has attracted additional investment worth $8bn, driven largely by the implementation of the Federal Government’s Backward Integration Policy, according to the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Mr. Olusegun Aganga. The minister, who said this during a meeting with the Indian business community in Lagos on Wednesday, […]
Sanusi’s successor: President considers S’West candidates
Amid intense lobbying by candidates hoping to succeed the incumbent Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Lamido Sanusi, indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan is looking towards the South-West for the plum job. Sanusi’s five-year single term tenure expires in June and he has consistently said he […]
