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Nigeria:
Revitalising the Textile, Garment Industry
Guardian, 4 August 2015
The Buhari administration's move to get the mills rolling again in the country's cotton, textile and garment companies with prospects of massive employment generation is certainly… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lifting the Ban On Textile Imports
Daily Trust, 24 July 2015
The federal government recently delisted textile materials and other items from its import prohibition list in a step towards implementing the Economic Community of West African… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Buhari - We Can't Allow Industries to Shut Down
Daily Trust, 8 July 2015
President Muhammadu Buhari says since his government is trying to create jobs, it cannot allow industries and factories to close down. Read more »
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Nigeria:
NIPC Partners Committee to Revive Textiles Industries
Daily Trust, 3 August 2015
The Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC) said it will partner with the National Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) Policy Committee inaugurated December 2014 to revive… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Collapse of Textile Factories Robs Kaduna of Commercial Status
Guardian, 12 July 2015
The surviving workers of the comatose textiles factories In Kaduna have gone through untold hardship. Many have even died, but Nigerians are still hopeful that the sector may… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Unbanning Textile Import - Manufacturers Ask Govt to Subject Foreign Products to Quality Control
Guardian, 5 July 2015
WITH the removal of Textile and Furniture from import prohibition list, manufactures have urged the Federal Government to register all textile importers and subject all imported… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Drop in Imports Has Affected Revenue'
Daily Trust, 2 July 2015
Comptroller General of Nigeria Customs Service Dikko Abdullahi Inde speaks to Daily Trust on several topical issues involving the service. Read more »
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Africa:
Cottoning On to a Lie
Fahamu, 19 June 2015
Genetically modified cotton will harm, not help, African smallholder farmers Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Traders Seek Govt Intervention On Seized Textiles
Daily Trust, 1 June 2015
The Kano State Traders' Union yesterday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene on the N315bn textiles seized by the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) in the state. Read more »