MAN celebrates 50th anniversary, says manufacturing remains backbone of any economy
By Christian Njoku
Calabar, May 7, 2021 Mr Giandomenico Massari, Chairman, Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Cross River and Akwa Ibom Branch, has said a productive manufacturing sector still remained the catalyst for the growth of any countryâs economy.
Massari made the assertion in an interview with newsmen in Calabar, saying revival of the manufacturing sector was what Nigeria required to move to the next level.
Speaking on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the association, the branch chairman said that more attention and support from the government in terms of policies was necessary to speed up industrialization of the economy.
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Official of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Mohammed Yahaya (left); World Bank Country Director, Shubhan Chaudhuri; Actis Principal, Tolu Sokenu; Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jeddy Agba; Deputy High Commission, United Kingdom, Ben Llewellyn-Jones; and Managing Director, Rural Electrification Agency, Ahmad Saihijo Ahmad during Agba’s visit to Jabi Lake Mall Solar Hybrid Project, Abuja Many businesses, especially small ones, are not able to break even due to the rising cost of electricity. To overcome the negative impact of generating power outside the national grid, many are tilting towards renewable energy. The trend is gradually changing as Actis UK, along with CrossBoundary inaugurated 609Kwp Solar Hybrid project at Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja a year ago. This first of a kind renewable energy for a Nigerian mall did not only cut the mall’s reliance on polluting diesel generators thereby reducing carbon emissions by over 13,000 t
As the world embraces the Paris Agreement on Sustainable Development, the 609kwp solar hybrid power plant at Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja, Nigeria, the first rooftop facility for a Nigerian mall, which was recently inspected by the Minister of State for Power, Goddy Jedy-Agba is another example of Nigeria’s pioneering role in clean energy transition. Sunday Ehighiator reports
The rising cost of electricity in doing business is a major thorn in the flesh of budding entrepreneurs and even already established large scale firms in third world countries. The trend is gradually changing as Actis UK, along with CrossBoundary inaugurated a 609Kwp Solar Hybrid project at Jabi Lake Mall, Abuja a year ago. This first of its kind renewable energy for a Nigerian mall, will cut the Mall’s reliance on polluting diesel generators, thereby reducing carbon emissions by over 13,000 tonnes in line with the Paris agreement on SDG. This clean energy is an excellent example of private investments in renewabl
By Amby Uneze
The President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN), Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa has called on Nigerians to embrace natural and complementary medicines combined with a healthy lifestyle, as a panacea for the various diseases that encroach on the population due to urban living and low immunity.
Ohuabunwa made the call on a working visit to his office in Lagos by the management of STK Biotech to the President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria where he addressed relevant health concerns currently pressing the country at large.
He talked about the heightened concerns internationally about the mutating strains of COVID-19, and the third wave that is sweeping across countries like India and Brazil, and proclaimed that the nationwide launch of the STK immune boosters could not have come at a better time for Nigerians.