Nigeria Textile News Summaries

NIGERIA: Nigeria Promises to Ease Textile Trade Barriers
Nigeria's new commerce minister has promised to ease trade barriers in the country's textile industry within the next few months, a ministry official said.

NIGERIA: Declare State of Emergency for Sick Textile Industry - MAN
Nigerian textile industry has been struggling to survive and is in pitiable state

NIGERIA: Government determined to revamp the textile industry
Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Ugwu, yesterday said Nigeria is at a crossroad as regards reviving the ailing textile industry,

NIGERIA: Quick attention to save ailing textile industry collapse completely
The ailing textile industry is all set to collapse completely by 2009, if no...

NIGERIA: More than 300 companies show interest in Textile Fund
More than 300 textile companies have shown interest to borrow from the Federal Government's N70 billion “Textile Rehabilitation Fund”. This was informed by the Nigeria Export Import Bank's (NEXIM) Executive Director (Operations) Mr. Edet Ekere.

NIGERIA: OIC can help revive cotton production
The Federal Government has called on the Organization of Islamic Conference, (OIC) to intervene and revive the declining cotton production in Nigeria.

NIGERIA: Appeal for revival of textile industry
The Ngas people of Kanke and Pankshin local governments of Plateau State, resident in Kaduna recently painted the Northern city red with their culture during their annual Pusdung festival.

NIGERIA: Reviving the textile industry should be a priority
For the 4,000 workforce, the closure of the 43-years-old United Nigerian Textiles Limited (UNTL), Kaduna, has come as a rude shock. The rumour of an imminent closure of the factory was rife for long. It was nevertheless unexpected to economy watchers as many other players in the

NIGERIA: Federal government to bring back golden days of textile industry
With an aim to bring back the golden days in textile industry, the federal...

NIGERIA: Irregular gas supply halts textile operations
Textile company operators in the Lagos area who have converted from Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO or black oil) to gas as alternative energy source have discovered that gas supply is as irregular as electricity supply.

NIGERIA: Anti smuggling campaign for textiles takes a beating
The Senate turned down moves by senators to curb the menace of foreign textile smuggling into the country. A motion sponsored by Senator Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North) and 25 other senators prayed that Senate should "urge the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to embark on a deliberate and elaborate anti-smuggling

NIGERIA: FG should find alternatives to help textile sector
The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has said that the Federal Government issued dud cheques to textile operators as part of the N70billion textile rescue fund. MAN made this known at its 2007 Annual General Meeting in Lagos. It said the

NIGERIA: Textile unions appeal to government
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and its Trade Union Congress of Nigerian (TUC) counterpart have petitioned President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, expressing great concern over the increasing trend in closure of textile industries.

NIGERIA: Death song for the Textile Industry
The United Nigerian Textile Limited (UNTL) in Kaduna closed for the first time in 43 years. UNTL was the last surviving textile firm in Kaduna. After the closure of the plant 4,000 workers lost their jobs.

NIGERIA: The fall of the textile sector
Last Monday the giant looms of the United Nigerian Textiles (UNT) Plc went silent as the board of the company decided to formally shut down the factory. It was indeed a shattering announcement for the 4,000 workers who have been rendered redundant.

NIGERIA: Complete collapse of the textile industry
The United Nigerian Textile Limited (UNTL) in Kaduna has closed "for the first time in 43 years". UNTL was the last surviving textile firm in Kaduna. The closure of the plant, according to the management was a painful decision. About 4000 workers lost their jobs.

NIGERIA: Government should expedite distribution of textile revival fund
Textile workers want the federal government to release the N70 billion “Textile Revival Fund” at an interest rate not exceeding five percent. The federal government has been urged to expedite action through the on-going

NIGERIA: Textile factory shutdown makes 1000 more jobless
Atlantic Textile Mills, one of the major producers of African wax, has closed its factory last week. About 1000 have workers have lost their jobs. In the last three years, over 33 textile mills across the country have closed down due

NIGERIA: UBA to raise N70 billion for revitalizing textile industry
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerian Export Import Bank (NEXIM), Alhaji Baba Yusuf Ahmed has said that the United Bank for Africa will raise the N70 billion required by the federal government to revitalize the nation's struggling textile industry. The bank will provide the funds to the government for

NIGERIA: Government initiatives to promote growth of textile sector
Minister for Labour, Dr Hassan Lawal, has said that the Federal Government has embarked on measures to resuscitate textile industries. He was speaking at the 19th Annual Conference of National Union of Textile, Garment

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