1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Nigeria emerged from the colonial experience with an economy structured in accordance with the imperators of colonial economic relationship. The first National Development plan of (1963) was launched with the objectives of providing the framework for industrial take off and development. However, as the foreign investors were apprehensive of the nascent independent administration, efforts were made not only to alloy their fears of nationalism but also to attract more foreign investments through joint ventures with regional government then or the federal government. The first development plan as an open door regime saw an increase in the establishment of miscellaneous foreign enterprises in Nigeria, many of which are unincorporated branches of their overseas business.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) refers to a movement of capital that involves ownership and control of a firm in another country for instance, the purchase of common chores in a Nigerian incorporated company by a French citizen involves ownership and an element of control.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND OF NIGERIA BOTTLING COMPANY.
The Nigeria Bottling Company Plc, (NC) was incorporated in November 1951, as a subsidiary of A.G levent’s group with the franchise to bottle and sell coca-cola product in Nigeria. From a humble beginning as a family business, the company has grown to become predominant rattler of non-alcoholic beverages in Nigeria responsible for the manufacture and sale of over 33 different coca-cola brands. Other popular brands of beverages produce by the company are Eva water, five where fruit juice, and the newly introduced burn energy drink. The company presently has 13 bottling facilities and over 80 distribution warehouse located across the country.
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
The undeveloped countries like Nigeria suffer not only from low income and unstable growth, but also from regional disequilibrium, economic instability unemployment, depending on foreign countries, specialization in the production of raw materials and economic, social, political and cultural marginality.
Underdevelopment is an element in the process of development of the international system underdevelopment and developments are two facts of a single process of which both internal and international structures are causes. International treacle brings about polarization because the low income countries are assigned the production of primary production (raw materials) which are processed in the home countries because of worsening and unstable terms of trade, because the economics of the low income countries lack the force work force, the entrepreneurship and physical/institutional infrastructure to seize export opportunities and because of generally monopolistic arrangement by which profits flow out from the underdeveloped countries to the developed.
Because the NNC’s tend to come from the developed countries and because their operations tend to add to host countries production, MNC’S presumably improves the distribution of income, goods and services between the richer and poorer countries.
Within the host societies however, it is guide different to judge whether a direct investment project improves or aggravates these income, goods and service distribution.
The literature critical of MNC’s demonstrates that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) after do not help the economic life of cost societies, do not improve their well being hence not benefiting lower income people Very well.
In Nigeria for unsnarl, there is that popular and commonly held view that manufacturing multinationals have done greater lower than good to the host communities as a result of their operations in these communities wheel has led to loss of economic and social quality and environmental degradation. It is not out of place for one to say that these MNC’s have threatenical the health of the indigenes by the use of dangerous chemical, pollutants etc. These and more are the problems that will be looked into which necessitated this research work. It will try to examine the nature and pattern of foreign direct investment that is International Corporation in Nigeria manufacturing rector with a particular reference to Nigerian Bottling Company Plc as a case study.
1.3 PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
The finding of this study will be of great significance to both the students and staff and indeed, every body that has a stake in the affairs and proceedings in Federal Polytechnic, Oko.
This is because the recommendation of this study will prefer sustainable investment on the Nigeria economy. Moreover, the study will go along ways in revealing to industrialists, the practical ways to invest.
Finally, the out come of this research will be an asset to environmental researcher and planners for effective planning and management of foreign direct investment on the Nigeria economy.
1.6 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
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1.7 DEFINITION OF TERMS
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April 1984:31).Other features of under development include: poverty, sky rocketing inflation, environmental ravages, low industries base, political instability and the domination of military, infrastructural inadequacies, trade and balance of payment problems and debt crisis (Onuoha, 1993:53-84).