(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria, On the map. show and name: (i) Any...
(a) Draw a sketch map of Nigeria, On the map. show and name: (i) Any two industrial zones: (ii) One town in each zones:
(iii) One manufacturing industry in one of the zones
(b) Explain any two factors that favour the location of the industry named in (a)(iii) above.
(c) Highlight any four problems facing manufacturing industries in Nigeria
Explanation
(b) Factors that favour the location of the industry:
(i) Availability of capital (II) Good port facility (iii) Political stability
(iv) Availability of water
(v) Good transport network
(vi) Presence of support services, e g Insurance houses, banks
(vii) Development of Infrastructural facilities
(viii) Government policies (ix) Availability of market
(x) Availability of cheap labour
(xi) Power supply
(xii) Nearness to materials (raw materials)
(xiii) Presence of industrial estate
(c) Problems facing manufacturing industries in Nigeria.
(i) Inadequate skilled labour
(ii) Inadequate capital
(iii) Inadequate raw materials
(iv) Poor management
(v) Poor transport facilities
(vi) Erratic power supply.
(vii) High Interest rates/Difficulty tn
accessing loans
(viii) High taxation
(ix) Industrial unrest.
(x) High cost of spare parts
(xi) High cost of maintenance.
(xii) High degree of dependence on imported raw materials
(xiii) Poor quality of Industrial
(xiv) Political instability
(xv) Shortage of labour entrepreneurs.
(xvi) Limited market due to low purchasing power of the people
(xvii) Production of inferior products.
(xviii)Use of limited technology
(xix) Land ownership problems.
(xx) Preference for foreign goods.
(xxi) Competition from foreign goods