The manufacturing sector generated 9,160 billion naira in nominal terms in the third quarter of 2025 according to GDP data for the third quarter of 2025 published by the National Office statistics.

GDP data for the third quarter of 2025 show that the nominal contribution of the manufacturing sector increased by 3.45% compared to the 8,850 billion naira recorded in the third quarter 2024. The 13 subsectors/activities of the manufacturing sector include in particular food and drink, cement, metals of base, plastics, textiles and oil refining. According to the director General of the Nigeria Manufacturers Association, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, GDP growth forecast for the third quarter of 2025 “does not does not reflect a transformative expansion.” For him, that the sector The manufacturer remained too weak to be a real driver of progress. economical.

The latter indicates that “global growth of 3.98% is not transformative. The manufacturing sector, supposed to be the engine of mass employment and shared prosperity remains globally sluggish. It grew by only 1.25% in the third quarter of 2025, compared to 0.76% in the third quarter of 2024. Growth without the capacity to production is inadequate and lacks inclusiveness.”

The figures from the National Bureau of Statistics (BNS) indicate that eight manufacturing activities have increased over one year, while five recorded a drop in their rate of real growth. Among the falling subsectors are wood and derived products (-1.64%), chemical and pharmaceutical products (-3.75) %), non-metallic products (-1.51%), electronics and electrical engineering (-1.17%) and other manufacturing activities (-1.45%).

Among the eight subsectors that were improving, the NBS reported that textiles, clothing and footwear, as well that paper pulp, paper, and paper products were showing signs of recovery, but remained in recession, contracting by 2.41 respectively % and 1.07%.

The sector of food, drink and tobacco remained the main contributor, generating 3,080 billion naira, while oil refining has recorded the lowest nominal contribution at 2.69 billion naira, despite a real GDP growth rate of 19.42% in the third quarter.