URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN NIGERIA
ABSTRACT
The focus of this study is on how the manufacturing industries in Kaduna
metropolis have impacted on the development of the
area during the period 1957-2007. And, the main areas it has impacted the city include: migration, urban economy,
urban development, spatial patterns, class-formation, effects of Kaduna’s growth on its immediate hinterland. Thus,
we attempt to answer the question: In what ways did the manufacturing industry contribute to the development of the
Kaduna metropolis?
This is significant because of the shift in economic importance from agriculture to manufacturing that has led to the
transformation of Kaduna metropolis especially in spatial terms; values, attitudes and population increase of the
residents. For example, within a decade Kaduna almost had a fourfold growth from 39,000 in 1952 to 149,000 in The demand for a workforce in the industries and the consequent boom in the commercial and service sectors
account for this rapid growth in the area. Equally important, is the emergence and rapid growth of satellite villages
around the urban core of Kaduna. Of these villages, Makera and Kakuri, were transformed from rural communities
into cosmopolitan sub-urban areas due to the concentration of the textile factories in the area. Therefore, Kaduna
during this period grew from a military garrison and administrative town into an industrial city, which was commonly
known as the ‘Manchester of Nigeria’.
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
The aim of this chapter is to introduce the study, Urbanization and Industrialization in Nigeria: A Case Study of
Kaduna Metropolis, 1957-2007.To achieve this objective thechapter will be organized as follows: Introduction; the
aims and objectives of the study; the statement of the Research problem; Scope of the study; Justification of the
study; Literature Review; Theoretical Framework; Methodology of the Study; Limitation of the study; and Notes on
Source.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Industrialization can be defined as the extensive introduction of the latest scientific and technological achievements in
production in the comprehensive technical re-equipment of the natural economy. Specifically, in Kaduna this process
of introducing scientific and technological achievements in production led to the establishment of a factory equipped
with 14,000 spindles and 300 automatic looms, costing the Northern Regional Government £1,250,000 in 1957. Thus,
the Kaduna Textiles Limited (KTL) was established6. This was the first large scale manufacturing industry in Kaduna.
Subsequently, other large scale establishment that employed many people in the mass production of industrial or
consumer goods were also established. These factories include Paper products, printing and publishing, brewery, car
assembly plant, Asbestos-Cements Products, Fertilizers and Petroleum Refinery Plant..
URBANIZATION AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN NIGERIA