Industrialisation And Sustainable Develoment In Nigeria

Abstract

The main thrust of this paper is to diagnose the interface between industrialisation and sustainabledevelopment in Nigeria. The work using unstructured interview and other secondary sources of data collection andanalysis discovered that industrialization is an essential aspect of long-run development in that most nations that haveachieved socio-economic development, though with some attendant environmental consequences, have also seenstructural transformation from primary production towards industrialization. The paper distilled that lack of propergovernment policy, adequate funding, poor infrastructural facilities and lack of funding are factors responsible for thebackward nature of industrialisation in Nigeria. Finally, the paper recommends that government should invest more onindustrial development through adequate funding and viable policies that could guarantee sustainable industrialdevelopment in Nigeria.