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He stated that the cost of sourcing energy from the national grid has not been business-friendly either.
Kadiri, however, said energy management systems and energy system optimization could sustainably reduce manufacturers’ energy consumption and cost.
The Country Representative and Regional Director, UNIDO Regional Office Hub, Mr Jean Bakole, said globally, industries account for one-third of total energy consumption and for almost 40% of worldwide carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources in Lagos, Mr Tunji Bello, said industrial emissions are the second source of air pollution in Lagos.
He stated that the concentration of industries in commercial zones in the state like in Apapa, Ikeja, Idumota, Odogunyan, among others has increased air pollution and poor air quality.
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Director-General, NIMASA, Bashir JamohThe reason underwriting firms around the world have given for the very high premium (the highest in the world) they place on cargoes coming to Nigeria has been the perception of the Gulf of Guinea as the most unsafe and least secure maritime environment in the world.
This has seen Nigerians paying very exorbitant costs for imported goods and raw materials, for the simple reason that about 65 per cent of the merchandise that passes through the region come into the country. What this means is that for each imported product; for each made-in-Nigeria product manufactured with imported raw materials, Nigerians pay a high price because of the insecurity in the Gulf of Guinea.
The sorry state of Nigeria’s electricity power supply cannot be more graphically illustrated than in the recent lamentations of the Organised Private Sector (OPS) and other stakeholders. Their faultless conclusion is that development and its indices would continue to be comatose for as long as the present hiccups subsist. In short, not only does the power situation continues to threaten the country’s political and economic stability, it again poses a strong reminder that the country’s power system remains a disaster waiting to happen, unless government summons the courage to address its problems head-on.
The urgent need for government to frontally tackle this issue of national disgrace cannot be over-emphasised. The OPS which is comprised of organisations such as the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Nigeria Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA), Nigeria Employers Consultative Association (NECA), Nigerian Association of Small