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THE EXPERIENCE OF INDUSTRIALIZATION AND
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN RIVERS STATE OF NIGERIA.
ABSTRACT
In many
developing countries or states, industrial growth creates the resources to
satisfy the basic requirement of their population for food, health, education
and shelter, and to provide jobs for their growing labour force. Growths in
industrialization also help to strengthen the balance of payments and
contribute to the growth of the economy. It is however, regrettable that the
pace of industrial utilization is far from satisfactory. A verity of factors is
attributed to this. Though several policies and institutional reforms were
aimed to create new structure of incentives and overcoming these problems.
There is a need for further recommendations that would get to the care of this
problem. The aim of the work is to
review the industrial progress made far in Rivers State and in so doing find
solution the problems confronting it, so that the economy can meet the needs
and aspirations of the people.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page i
Approval page ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgment iv
Abstract v
Table of Contents vi
CHAPTER
ONE: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
to the study 1
1.2 Statement
of the study 2
1.3 Objectives
of the study 3
1.4 Significance
of the study 4
1.5 Major
research question 4
1.6 Method
of study 5
1.7 Research
hypothesis 5
1.8 Scope
and limitations 7
1.9 Organization
of the study 9
CHAPTER
TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 A
review of sustainable development and industrialization 11
CHAPTER
THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction 16
3.2 The
agricultural sector 16
3.3 The
purpose of agriculture 17
3.4 Efforts
to industrialize the state 19
3.5 Other
incentives to industrialists in the state 21
3.6 Other
considerations 24
3.7 Expected
gains of industrialization in the state 25
3.8 Aspects
of employment creation 25
CHAPTER
FOUR: PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
4.1 Introduction 28
4.2 The role of federal government towards
sustainable development 29
4.3 The role of the state towards sustainable 32
CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Summary 37
5.2 Conclusions 38
5.3.1 Recommendation for policy 39
5.3.2 Recommendations for further
studies 40
Bibliography 41
Appendix I 44
Appendix II 46
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO STUDY
Industrialization
as a development strategy first came into existence in Britain about 1750-1850,
during which industrial revolution and a period of time when machine were
invented and factories were set up to bring changes into methods of production
and the general perception of economic growth.
In
Nigeria, the Rivers State is one of the most industrialized states among the 36
states of the federation. Rivers States is also one of Nigeria’s largest
producers of oil and gas, supplying about 48% of the country’s on-shore total
output. Accordingly, the petroleum industry is well established in the state,
with such industry giants as Shell, Chevron, Mobil Total FinaIEIF, Agip,
Port-Harcourt refineries limited etc. in operations. The state plays host to a
large number of enterprises financial institutions, etc. there is, however,
more room for investment in the state not only in the petroleum industry but
economy. For instance, there are plenty of various raw materials to sustain
different types of industries.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE STUDY
The
cut off points adopted for measuring the level of industrialization in the
state is very clear and unambiguous. Although industrialization was seen as the
antidote of economic growth and sustainable development, the former has not
been achieved so far due to the problems highlighted below. The Rivers State
industrialization is faced with the problem of low capital base.
Banks
are not willing to give out loans to industries because they would not want to
take the low capital industries as collateral.
Business associates are also not willing to go into partnership with the
industries due to fear of not surviving in business. The state’s
industrialization is also characterized with the problem of obsolete machinery
and equipment. Most of the equipments in the industrial sector are outdated.
This is having an adverse effect on the productivity of the industries.
Uncondusive
atmosphere is another problem facing Rivers State industrialization. The state
is more of a war-front now. “The militants” are kidnaping expatriates and
foreign investors. There are lots of causalities in the state. This factor of
uncondusiveness has really caused a sharp decline in the manufacturing output
or production. Foreign investors are discouraged from coming to invest in the
state.
The
consequences of these problems are enormous such that it has resulted to the
underutilization of capacity, a low level of foreign investment in industrial
sector and so on. These problems have tuned the states industrialization into a
mere dream of achieving a sustainable development. An empirical investigation
of the contribution of industrialization on sustainable development forms the
main thrust of this study.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
primary purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between
industrialization and sustainable development.
i. The
possible factors militating against sustainable development through industrial
activities in Rivers State.
ii. The extent
to which industrialization has contributed to the sustainable development of Rivers
State.
iii. The role
of government in rivers state towards industrial development.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
This
work will contribute to the understanding of economic scholars, the
relationship between industrialization and sustainable development. It will
expose the problems associated with industrialization in less developed
economies to economic planners and contributed to national planning policies.
It wills facilitates the validation of existing studies on the study area and
add to economic knowledge on the study area. It will serve as a basis for
further research on the study area.
1.5 MAJOR RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The
study is guided by the following research questions
1. To
what extent does industrialization contribute to sustainable development?
2. Does the
industrial activities in Rivers State help to enhance sustainable development?
3. If the
answer to question two (2) is negative, what are the problems hampering the
ability of the industries to enhance sustainable development in the state?
4. What remedial
measures can be taken to enhance the sustainable development through industries
in the Rivers State?
1.6 METHOD OF STUDY
This
research is done in two forms; the first is library research which was
conducted on existing literature and publications by scholars and institutions.
The
second is field work, here, the rivers state has been chosen for the study.
Information was gotten from inter views conducted with the director of ministry
of commerce and industry, Rivers State secretariat, Staff of Rivers State
Liaison Office of raw materials research and development council, port Harcourt
and from other resource persons in the state.
1.7 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
Hypothesis
is a statement of guide to the researcher in whatever direction he wants to go.
The
following hypotheses are stated:
H01:
There is no significance relationship between industrial production and
sustainable development.
H02:
There is significant relationship between industrial production and sustainable
development.
H03:
There is significant relationship between industrial production and sustainable
development.
1.8 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
The
study is streamlined to industrialization and sustainable development in rivers
state.
The
task of conducting this work beset by a lot of obstacles at various points,
which includes:
i. Difficulties
in obtaining relevant data (s) to the state, most of the authorities, like, the
Director of ministry of commerce and industry refused to release data (s) at
their disposal by saying that they do not keep such records, that the
researcher had just given them the idea to start demanding for annual reports
of production output from industries in the state. Despite the assurance given
to them that the data collection was purely for academic purpose, data (s)
could not be found. Therefore, the work was carried out based on limited
information gotten. This study was carried out by a careful observation of some
selected past year’s poverty incidence by state structure (1980-1996).
ii. Time: The research work is short as the
researcher is carrying it out alongside other course works.
iii. Finance: The cost of transportation and
photocopying of the needed materials also are part of the constraints that has
limited this work, hence much would have been done. A good use has been made of
available materials on the work, it is hoped that the work will be quite
informative all the same.
1.9 ORGANIZATION OF THE STUDY
The research study is
segmented into five chapters for proper clarification and organization. Chapter
one; introduces the background of the research work, which comprises of
statement of the problem, objective of study, major research question,
hypothesis, hypothesis, significant of the study, method of the study, scope
and limitation, and finally, the organizational structure.
Chapter
three talks about industrialization in rivers state its efforts and expected
gains.
Chapter
four looks at industrialization and how it relates to sustainable development
through the contributions of federal, state, and local government.
Chapter
five finally brings conclusion by summarizing the findings and conclusion
making recommendations for further improvement and further research.
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