This video from OMG (One Minute Geography) Revision looks at how manufacturing in Nigeria has stimulated economic development. Nigeria’s economic structure used to be unbalanced with a vast majority of people working in agriculture on a self-sufficient basis. However, Nigeria’s economic structure is now more balanced with an equal amount of people working in the primary, secondary and tertiary sector. The development of manufacturing can be seen in Lagos where VW have set up a car manufacturing facility that can produce 5000 vehicles per year. Shell also employs over 65, 000 people directly with their oil extraction facilities in the Niger Delta. As a result of these jobs created in manufacturing, a multiplier effect has occurred in Nigeria. Regular paid work and higher disposable incomes means that the demand for luxuries increases, and this stimulates other industries. The government also receives more tax revenue that it can invest in services such as healthcare and education.

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