Description

Water is one of the most essential commodities for the survival of all lives. It is abundant in nature and occupies about 70% of the earth’s crust. However, safe drinking water is very scarce hence the need for processing, treatment and proper packaging of water before consumption.

In Nigeria, One major achievement of the present civilian administration in the past eleven (11) years as been the growth of middle class witnessed in the country. This growth continues to drive the increasing social and sanitary awareness of the need for hygienically and well produced food products like sachet and bottle water in the country.

The market for sachet and bottle water is national .With a population of over one hundred and sixty five million (165,000,000) people and an estimated national population growth rate of 5.7% per annum , average economic growth rate of 3.5% per annum in the past five (5) years ,Nigeria is a large ,expanding and sustainable market for sachet and bottle water.

Though the market for sachet and bottle water in Nigeria, the business tends to sale more in the northern part of Nigeria where hot weather is prompting people into drinking more water than usual and lack of clean pump water contributed in giving the business a good push up.

Sachet water is consumed on daily basis by all and sundry irrespective of age, social class or religion. The raw material required for the production of sachet water is water which is abundantly available in Nigeria.

The proposed project is would have a production volume of 4,000 bags of 20 sachet water bags from two {2} sealing plants and operating one shift 1200 cartons of 20 x 75cl bottles per shift/day.

This report is to examine the financial viability or otherwise of establishing a sachet and bottle water production plant in Nigeria.