Question

mention the importance of chemical industries to Nigeria as a nation​

Answer 1

Answer:

Six Importance of Chemical Industry in Nigeria

• Chemicals play a major role in our food. The preservatives, taste enhancers and flavours helps the food to be palatable and increase the shelf life. Food Industry thrives for the reason, that the preservatives not only help them to maintain the quality of the food, but also helps them to import food to different parts of the world. Due to these advancements, we are able to enjoy fruits, canned food products, and ready-to-eat food products across the world.

• More than 80% of the chemical industry concentrates on producing polymers, and plastics. They are not only used in packing, but also in numerous other things, like wiring, furniture, clothing, home décor, prosthesis and electronics. PVC piping, water tanks, huge storage containers are made out of plastics.

• Fertilizers, and pesticides aids in the agriculture and development. The green revolution has happened only due to the advancement of chemical industry in India. The fertilizers and pesticides, not only increase the yield of the crop, but prevent from pest attacks. Apart from in-house usage of food products within our country, we are also exporting a lot of grains, fruits, flowers and ornamental stem to various parts of the world. The GDP of the country drastically increases with the industry.

• Pharma industries and life saving drugs are the fastest growing industry in India. Our country invites a lot of people for medical tour. Numerous laboratories are also set-up to study various drug for the endemic and epidemic diseases. Before these laboratories in our country, we have been exporting a lot of chemicals, which was expensive and mostly unaffordable for a large sector of people.

• Toiletries like soaps, scents, perfumes, deodorant are personnel products that we use every day, and w do not compromise on it. From the status of luxury products , it has come to a level of essentials. Other products like mosquito repeller, detergents, cleaning agents have been tremendously increased.

• Advanced researches like bio-engineering, mutation, artificial human organ production and genetic-reengineering are made possible in India, only with the help of the proper chemical industries. India is taking a giant leap in research in these sectors.

Answer 2

Nigeria is a nation in the world that is facing challenges in the field of chemical technology in industries. Nigeria's chemical industry is diverse and includes chemicals for automobile industries, rubber, etc.

Explanation:

• Chemical industries are the prime factors to convert the raw materials into desired products that we use in our day-to-day life.
• The Chemical industry has a key role to play in the food industry.
• This is because chemicals are widely used in food as preservatives, flavors, and taste enhances.
• These help in increasing the shelf life of the food and help make them edible.
• The chemical sector is of strategic importance to the sustainable development of national economics and plays a vital role in the economic development of any country.
• Chemical industries are companies that produce industrial chemicals such as oil, natural gas, water, metals, minerals, paints, ink, sealant, adhesive, and many other commodities which we use in our everyday life.  
• More than 80‰ of chemical industries in Nigeria are concentrated around producing polymers and plastics.