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)
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