(a) (i) Industrial towns in Nigeria:
- Lagos
- Ibadan
- Aba-
- Port Harcourt
- Kaduna
- Jos
- Sango Ota
- Onitsha
- Kano
- Zaria
- Nkalagu
(ii) Types of industrial activities in each of the towns:
Lagos -Textile, breweries, flour mills. confectionery, etc.
Ibadan- Brewery, rubber or plastic, cigarette making, etc.
Aba- Furniture, leather works, footwear, etc
Port Harcourt- Petro chemicals, explosive, soap making, etc.
Kaduna- Car assembly, oil refining, textiles, etc.
Sango Ota- Breweries, construction materials
Jos- Tin smelting, flour mill, confectioneries, soap making, etc.
Kano- Meat canning, Textiles, Vegetable oil milling, flour mills, etc.
Zaria- Cigarette making, oil mills, flour mills, etc.
Nkalagu- Cement making, ceramics, etc.
(b) Contributions of industries to the economic development of Nigeria:
- Employment opportunities
- Infrastructural development
- Stimulation of other sectors
- Manpower development/skill acquisition
- Diversification of the economy
- Encourages international trade
- Funding of education and research
- Foreign exchange earnings
- Foreign exchange conservation
- Transfer of technology
- National prestige
- Improved standard of living
- Sources of raw materials to other industries
- Provision of goods
- Growth of ancillary industries
- Growth of towns
- Favourable balance of trade
- Control of inflation
- Provision of revenue to the government
(C) Problems limiting industrial development in Nigeria:
- Inadequate skilled manpower.
- Shortage of raw materials
- Insufficient capital/Difficulty of sourcing funds
- Low level of technology
- High cost of production
- Poor attitude to work
- Inadequate/poor industrial
- Inadequate skilled labour/man research.
- Poor communication network
- Underutilization of production capacity
- Difficulty in sourcing foreign exchange
- Economic sabotage /smuggling
- lnadequate social amenities
- Insecurity
- High tax/tariff
- Uunfavourable government policy
- Difficulty in the acquisition of land
- Poor maintenance culture
- Labour unrest
- High cost of spare parts/ inadequate spare parts
- Low purchasing power
- Poor transport network/infrastructure.
- Shortage of entrepreneurs
- Poor management
- Inadequate power Supply/ erratic supply.
- Small market for industrial goods.
- Taste for foreign goods
- Competition from foreign goods
- Political instability/poor governance
- High degree of foreign dependence.