Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), has no authentic statistics of the industries and factories operating in the country due to the past government policies.
It was learnt that government policy had de-excising industry in the country.
Miffed by this, the Comptroller General of the service, Col Hameed Ali (rtd), told stakeholders at a forum organised by Customs commands in kano and Jigawa the need by the service to conduct a census on the factories.
He said that it was important for the nation to know the kind of industries operating within its borders and those coming up for necessary planning and decision making.
Ali said: “Since the de-excising of industries, Nigeria has lost statistics of the industries and factories operating in the country, their locations and the status of their capacity in terms of production.”
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