Manufacturers in Anambra decry high cost of fuel, diesel

Manufacturers successful Anambra State person decried the precocious outgo of diesel, fuel, and different sources of powerfulness for their day-to-day accumulation activities.

Chairman of the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Anambra, Enugu, and Ebonyi Zone of the Southeast, Nigeria, Ada Chukwudozie, made this known connected Friday astatine an lawsuit successful Anambra.

Chukwudozie stressed the challenges of the outgo and reliability of energy, which, according to her, remained 1 of the astir captious determinants of concern competitiveness.

As a solution, she posited that transitioning from diesel dependence to gas-based vigor was not conscionable a method displacement but a strategical pathway toward sustainable concern growth.

She expressed assurance that the authorities would payment from the modulation successful presumption of its vibrant concern clusters successful Nnewi, Onitsha, Awka, Nkpor, and surrounding areas.

She said, “For galore manufacturers, the outgo and reliability of powerfulness straight find whether factories expand, stagnate, oregon unopen down.

“Unlocking the afloat benefits of gas-driven industrialization volition necessitate deliberate collaboration betwixt vigor providers specified arsenic Shell Energy, government, regulato...