www.ijird.com November, 2021 Vol 10 Issue 11 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT DOI No. : 10.24940/ijird/2021/v10/i11/JUL21020 Page 1 Organization Transparency and Nation Building of Fast Moving Made in Nigerian Goods Firms in Aba, Abia State, Nigeria 1. Introduction Nigeria is the largest African country in African continent and the basic goal of Nigeria is to have a nation that is self-reliant in that it can sufficiently tend for itself by producing fast moving consumer goods that will sustain the entire country and also have surplus to export to other countries across the globe.Nigeria as a developing nation is endowed with wealthy, rich and productive resources that are large enough to provide for its citizens and also enhance the economy and GDP through the revenue derived from this endowment. Nigeria is also embedded with so many agricultural produce that can as well feed its citizens. Unfortunately this is not the case of Nigeria and it appears to be historical in Nigeria. Nigeria produces huge amount of fast-moving consumer goods such as packaged foods, beverages, toiletries, over the counter-drugs, herbal drugs and other consumables, most of these products are perceived as inferior products by Nigerians, especially when the foreign products are readily available in the market. The attitude of Nigerians towards fast moving consumer goods is discouraging and alarming and their general perception is that these goods produced in Nigeria are below standard and interior to foreign goods in terms of performance, quality and durability thereby disregarding and condemning Nigerian locally made goods.Ogumbe (2001), posits that fast-moving consumer goods produced in Nigeria have been stigmatized as ‘made-in-Nigeria goods, Igbo or Aba made’goods, and with suchmind-set, the products will not be valued or patronized by Nigerians. He further noted, that will the negative perception of Nigerians toward ‘made-in- Nigeria goods, these firms are likely to lose its craftsmanship, decline in its local production and exportation, drawback in their technological usage and low economic growth.In Nigeria, a huge number of fast-movingconsumer’s goods manufacturers have lots of products produced locally and thereis large increase of these local manufacturers in Nigeria and this is as a result of the developmental increase in population and changes in consumer demand (Miebaka, Nwiepe and Kpunee, 2017). Nigeria presently transfers most of its income into importation of foreign goods due to their increasing demand for it (Isah andAliyu, 2017). They posits that Nigeria’s food import bills has risen from N112.88 million yearly from 1970-1974 to the sum of N1,964.8 million in 1991. While between year 2000 – 2008, it rose to a total of N80 billion and this was spent only onimportation of grants. Isah and Aliyu (2017), further noted that importation in Nigeria as at 2009 to 2012 stood at 30%, 17.4%, 21.5% and 12.9% respectively, (CBN, 2014). This however indicates that there is reduction in exportation of crop production, while food production only grew marginally.Due to these problems encountered in importation of goods in Nigeria, the government went further to implement a ban on food importation so as to protect and guard manufacturers of fast moving consumer goods against their foreign counterparts (Miebakaet al., 2017). This however calls for re-examining the frontiers and the role of organizational transparency in Nation building. ISSN 2278 – 0211 (Online) Atuo, Eucharia Chinasa Lecturer, Department of Marketing, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria Abstract: This study examines the relationship between organizational transparency and nation building of fast-moving made in Nigeria goods firms in Aba, Abia State. Organizational transparency is the ability of an organization to be understood by its customers and also being open and honest in all its transactions and operations with customers. Transparency helps organization to provide the needed answers to customer’s questions. In line with the population for the study, ten (10) copies of the questionnaire were distributed to ten (10) Registered fast moving made-in Nigeria goods firm each, totalling one hundred (100) and ninety five (96) copies were retrieved,93 copies were filled completely and was also analysed using multiple regression statistical tool.Our analysis revealed a positive and strong significant relationship between disclosure, accessibility, integrity and trust and value system) The study reveals that accessibility and integrity significantly affect value system.). That is to say, disclosure, accessibility, integrity and trust had a positive relationship with nation building. The authors therefore concludes that disclosure to a large extent influences the measure of nation building; vale system positively, accessibility influences value system positively, integrity influences value system positively and trust on the other hand influences value system positively. We further recommend that firms of fast moving made-in Nigeria goods should provide information that are accessible to customers and stakeholders, as well as display in high level of integrity in their business activities. Keywords: Organizational transparency, disclosure, accessibility, integrity, trust, nation building and value system