Outline the ways in which the federal government has encouraged industrialization in Nigeria in recent years.
Explanation
Government has done the following to encourage industrialization in Nigeria:
(i) There are better system of road networks, especially the express roads, efficient telecommunications, electricity and water supply system.
(ii) The federal government gives tax concession to pioneer industries for a specified number of years during which the company will not pay tax.
(iii) The government protects infant industries through high import duties, outright ban or placement of quotas on imported commodities which compete with those of home industries.
(iv) The government has also established industrial estates and thus reduced the problem of locating industries in urban towns.
(v)The Nigerian Enterprise Promotion Decree of 1972 was an attempt by the Federal Military Government to transfer part of the profits generated in Nigeria to the local people.
(vi) The government has established financial institutions to aid private enterprises, e.g. Nigeria Bank for Commerce and Industry and Nigerian Industrial Bank.
(vii) The development of human resources through the establishment of universities and colleges of technology
viii) Relax-ing of industrial laws such as the indigenization policy
(ix) Nigeria undertakes development plans aimed at control-ling resources allocation.
(x) Increase of industrial loans which have enabled more business men to obtain loans and establish more industries.