Chairman of MAN for Rivers and Bayelsa, Michael Pepple, gave the charge at the weekend in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital at its 37th annual general meeting .
“Also, manufacturers were granted waivers during the period, which allowed for productive activities, although the impact of the pandemic eventually threw the manufacturing sector into economic recession in the third quarter of 2020,” he said. “Inadequate electricity supply and constant increases in tariff without commensurate improvement in generation, transmission and distribution still remain key challenges of the sector.