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South Africa's Clover Industries has announced that will no longer invest in Nigeria due to a financial crisis in the country.
"The current financial crisis experienced in Nigeria which is fuelled by the low oil price is a further cause of concern, thus the group has decided to withdraw from future investments in Nigeria," Clover said in a statement.
"It's a sad decision but until the currency crisis is resolved we wont be able to invest in there any further," Chief Executive Johann Vorster told Reuters.
The dairy products firm had planned to invest no less that 100 million rand ($6.43 million) in developing its products in Nigeria, he said.
The company said it would continue to expand in Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Companies have laid off thousands, cut production and even closed operations as they struggle to get enough dollars to pay for imported spare parts and raw materials. The Nigerian naira had devalued following a slump in oil revenues, the country's lifeblood.
Reuters
"The current financial crisis experienced in Nigeria which is fuelled by the low oil price is a further cause of concern, thus the group has decided to withdraw from future investments in Nigeria," Clover said in a statement.
"It's a sad decision but until the currency crisis is resolved we wont be able to invest in there any further," Chief Executive Johann Vorster told Reuters.
The dairy products firm had planned to invest no less that 100 million rand ($6.43 million) in developing its products in Nigeria, he said.
The company said it would continue to expand in Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
Companies have laid off thousands, cut production and even closed operations as they struggle to get enough dollars to pay for imported spare parts and raw materials. The Nigerian naira had devalued following a slump in oil revenues, the country's lifeblood.
Reuters
