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    EFFECTS OF MANUFACTURING SECTOR OUTPUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NIGERIA
    (DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS FACAUTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES NASARAWA STATE UNIVERSITY, KEFFI, 2019-07-26) Ebigye, Salihu Ebosu
    This study examines the effects of manufacturing sector output on economic growth in Nigeria for the period 1981-2015. Nigeria has enjoyed a long period of sustained economic growth since 1980s but the contribution of manufacturing sector output to the country’s real gross domestic product (RGDP) is far from being realized when compared to other emerging economies of the world where structural changes have already occurred and where millions are lifted out of poverty. The study utilizes secondary data and co-integration analysis to estimate data for its findings. The results of the major findings demonstrate a positive effect of the manufacturing sector output (MSO) on economic growth (GDP). The findings equally revealed that Productivity (PR) and exports (EXP) demonstrate positive and strong effects on economic growth (GDP). More so, the indexes of manufacturing sector output, productivity and exports have enhanced economic growth over time except for manufacturing capacity utilization during the study period. The study therefore, recommends that the Nigerian government in collaboration with major stakeholders should improve the performance of the manufacturing sector through provision of adequate access to credits and other incentives so as to increase capacity utilization, employment opportunities, boost productivity, provide ready market, improve exports towards achieving sustainable economic development.