A new survey report published by Accenture, a leading digital and consulting service firm in collaboration with the American Business Council (ABC) has disclosed that United State businesses generated N1trillion revenue for Nigeria in 2016.
According to published survey Accenture conducted with two other firms, in the 2016 Nigeria’s financial year, US Business made a contribution of more than N34.4billion to the tax revenue.
It also disclosed that in the area of capacity building, over N340million was reportedly spent on training in 2016.
The survey, which represented the responses of 48 American companies in Nigeria shows that US companies impacted on the Nigerian economy in 2016 through gross value added to the nation’s energy future, economic, output investment, jobs and communities.
According to the survey, most of the businesses embarked on CSR projects in areas of education and empowerment such as the provision of free internet connection to Nigeria’s premier incubation hubs; building of community school houses; scholarship for secondary school students; volunteer staff time to teach technical skills.
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