CONSTRAINTS TO INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN KANO STATE, NIGERIA
Ahmad Muhammad Tsauni & Abdullahi Muhammad Adamu
Department of Economics,
Bayero University, Kano
Email: ahmadutsauni@gmail.com & amakutama@yahoo.com
Abstract: The paper investigates the constraints to industrial development in Kano – Nigeria. It starts by conceptualizing industry and industrialization as well as a brief on the various policies and incentives pursued toward attaining industrial development. With the aid of secondary data sources, basically survey findings extracted from some studies, the paper assesses the performance of the industrial sector in Nigeria generally Vis – a- Vis the plethora policies and incentives put in place from independence to date. It was observed that not much has been achieved as the major industrial indicators are not faring well. The poverty level, unemployment and rate of closure and distress of companies in Kano buttressed those findings. To that effect, a number of constraints to industrial development in the State have been identified ranging from infrastructural deficiencies, small home market and insecurity. In order to address these problems, the paper recommends among others that government policies should be fine-tuned to converge with economic progress and that government should have a strong commitment to the development of the sector.