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Industrial Hubs that are evolving in the North-West Geopolitical Zone (1)

By Chukwudi Odili0 CommentsInvestment Tips

At independence and shortly after, numerous industries – both large and small – sprang up mainly in Kano and Kaduna. In the current dispensation, that territory now has fewer factories producing textiles, meat, tobacco and matches. Fresh attempts have also been made to establish pulp and paper mill and cement plants and others. Kano State, […]

Industrial Hubs that are evolving in the North-West Geopolitical Zone (2)

By Chukwudi Odili0 CommentsInvestment Tips

Owing to its advantage of having been the central capital of the old Northern Region of Nigeria, Kaduna state is unsurprisingly a key industrial hub in the North East. It is Nigeria’s largest textile-manufacturing centre, and has other major industries including an oil refinery and petrochemical complex. Kano is next to Kano in terms of […]

Industrial Zones that are evolving in the North-Central Geopolitical Zone (1)

By Chukwudi Odili0 CommentsInvestment Tips

The North-Central or Middle-belt Zone comprises Niger, Plateau, Kwara, Benue, Nassarawa and Kogi states; together with the Federal Capital Territory. This zone, like many other zones of Nigeria constitute a veritable hub of emerging industrial activities in Nigeria. The vast land of Niger State in North Central Nigeria is aiding the state’s drive towards extensive […]

Industrial Zones that are evolving in the North-Central Geopolitical Zone (2)

By Chukwudi Odili0 CommentsInvestment Tips

Kogi State (also called the Confluence State because of its being bracketed by the Niger and Benue Rivers) is a formidable evolving industrial territory in the North Central Geopolitical zone under review. It has a landmass of 27,747 Km2, with 21 LGAs and its capital in Lokoja. Major crops are: Cassava, Rice, Cashew, Coffee, Cocoa, […]

Monitoring and Evaluation in Public and Project Management – Introduction

By Chukwudi Odili0 CommentsInvestment Tips

Introduction After reading this succession of articles, you will gain a far greater understanding of how monitoring and evaluation (M&E) is used in the field of public and project management. You’ll also see how it directly affects the quality of the country’s public services, and how project managers in private organizations demonstrate efficiency by the […]

The M&E Framework

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M&E Framework is a set of configurations that aid the process of collecting and analyzing data and reporting progress on performance of projects and programs mainly in terms of expenditures allocated to them. M&E Framework and Performance Management Plan, PMP (or simply M&E Plan) are used interchangeably. Framework or Plan is practically the same thing; […]

Choosing Indicators for the M&E Framework

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The M&E Framework or Plan is not complete without indicators because it is the indicators that will measure the performance of the program or project at different levels: output (magnitude, scale or value), outcome (higher direction or change) and impact (bundle of benefits). There can be more than one indicator for each level, although it […]

LUCRATIVE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE NIGERIAN NON-OIL EXPORT SUB-SECTOR

By Chukwudi Odili0 CommentsInvestment Tips

Background Based on the wide-ranging feedback that I recently gathered on a systematic basis from my clients and the general reading audience on issues related to the above topic, and considering the positive impact that my write-ups will have on the rapid economic development of Nigeria in general and prospective investors in particular, beginning from […]

DEVELOPING NIGERIA’S KEY EXPORTABLE COMMODITIES THROUGH VALUE ADDITION – THE PALM VALUE CHAIN

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Preface How value can be added to a number of exportable primary commodities had extensively been discussed in my previous articles. With particular reference to agricultural commodities, Cassava had featured most prominently; likewise, Yam/ Flour/ Poundo-Yam, Rice, Pumpkin and Bitter Leaves, ground Pepper, Melon (Egusi), African or Sweet Bush Mango (Ogbono), Cray Fish, Palm Oil […]

FERMENTATION AND DISTILLATION OF PALM WINE INTO OGOGORO (KAI-KAI)

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Palm sap begins fermenting immediately after collection, due to natural yeasts in the air (often spurred by residual yeast left in the collecting container). Within two hours, fermentation yields an aromatic wine of up to 4% alcohol content, mildly intoxicating and sweet. In other words, fermentation converts the sugar in the Palm wine to alcohol. […]