Nigeria @ 65: Import-driven industrialisation holds factories back

    Favour Okpale | Editor’s picks | Oct 02, 2025    
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Sixty-five years after Independence, Nigeria’s manufacturing sector remains trapped in underperformance, with experts warning that decades of reliance on import-dependent industrialisation, structural bottlenecks, and policy inconsistencies have undermined growth.

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