Textile workers seek policy to enhance investment in local fabrics

Unless the Federal Government translate it executive orders into action by directing all agencies and parastatals to continue to patronize Nigerian made fabric, the textiles industry in the country will remain dead, the National Union of Textiles and Garment Workers of Nigeria (NUTGWN) has said.
 
The Secretary General of the union, Issa Aremu in a happy birthday message to President Muhammadu Buhari recently, said there was urgent need for government to revive the textile industry because of its potential to generate massive employment opportunities for Nigerians.
 
According to him, “the special importance to textile industry is the order mandating Government agencies to spend more of their budgets on locally produced goods”, pointing out that “this singular order would help in the recovery of the textile and garment industry.
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“The challenge is to ensure that the agencies make the executive orders a reality in patronizing locally produced textiles. The police and Customs department should stop buying officers uniforms from Bangladesh and China, when the surviving textile factories can produce at home. The point cannot be overstated; Nigeria currently spends over US$4 billion annually importing textiles and readymade clothing when it has the potential to produce for the local market and even export to the ECOWAS market of over 175 million people, as well as to the developed world.”
 
While commending the President for the administration’s effort to transform Nigerian economy, he said: “On the occasion of his birthday, we also salute President Buhari Federal administration for the implementation of its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) payments in nine pilot States that include Borno, Kwara, Bauchi, Cross River, Niger, Kogi, Oyo, Ogun and Ekiti.” 
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