NIGERIA AT A GLANCE

INDUSTRIAL COMERCE

 

Main Commercial/Industrial Cities: Lagos, Onitsha, Kano, Ibadan, Port Harcourt, Aba, Maiduguri, Jos, Kaduna, Warri, Benin,Nnewi, etc.

Major Industrial Complexes: Petroleum
Number of Refineries: Four (4) Located at Port-Harcourt (2), Warri and Kaduna. Petro-Chemical companies are Located in Kaduna, Warri, Port Harcourt and Eleme.

Iron and Steel Plants Location: Ajaokuta, Warri, Oshogbo, Katsina and Jos.

Fertilizer Industry: locate in Onne- Port Harcourt, Kaduna, Minna and Kano

Liquified Natural Gas Company: located at Bonny, Rivers State.

Aluminium Smelter: Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State & Port-Harcourt, Rivers State.

Main Ports: Lagos - (Apapa & Tin-can Island); Warri, Port Harcourt, Onne (Deep Sea and Hub Port), Calabar Export Processing Zone (EPZ).

Major Airports: Lagos, Kano, Port Harcourt, Abuja, Enugu, Kaduna, Maiduguri, Ilorin, Jos, Owerri, Calabar, Yola & Sokoto

Road Network: Over 15,000 km of inter-state all weather paved roads, including dual carriage express trunks.

Railways: 2 main lines (South-West to North-East; South-East to North-West) inter both linked and with terminals at Lagos, Port Harcourt, Kaura Namoda, Maiduguri and Nguru. Major junctions located at Kaduna, Kafanchan, and Zaria.

Gauge: 1067mm wide;

Total Rail length: 3,505 km.

Energy Modes: Hydro-electric &Turbine

Hydro-electricity Sources: Kainji, Jebba & Shiroro.

Thermal and Gas: Egbin (Lagos), Ughelli, Afam, Sapele, with a National Grid for

Electricity distribution; National pipeline network with regional depots for petroleum products distribution; National network (pipeline) for gas distribution, still under construction.

Currency Denomination: NAIRA and KOBO, 100k = N1.00 (hundred kobo = one naira)