Power outages, rising costs slow manufacturing growth —NESG
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By Yinka Kolawole Frequent power outages, rising production costs and limited access to credit are slowing manufacturing growth in Nigeria, with businesses struggling to sustain operations amid persistent infrastructure challenges, the October 2026 Business Confidence Monitor (BCM) by the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) has shown. The report indicated that manufacturing remained in expansion territory…
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[Claude] Report 2 is the same NESG report on power outages and rising costs slowing Nigerian manufacturing, with the same opening wording and no conflicting facts.
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