Nigeria: Manufacturers Spend N43 Billion On Alternative Energy As Supply Improves in Industrial Clusters

18 December 2018

With electricity supply, particularly from the distribution companies remaining at an average of nine hours a day in the first half (H1) of 2018, local manufacturers' expenditure on alternative energy source stood at N43.19 billion during the period.

Although electricity remained a core challenge of the manufacturing sector in H1 2018, local producers noted that average number of power outage in the period dropped to three times dally, indicating slight improvement in electricity supply to the sector, even as spending on alternative energy reduced.

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