To revive the country’s textile industry, the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) has called on the Minister of Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment (FMITI), Dr. Doris Uzoka-Anite, to release the new garment policy reviewed between MAN and FMITI for implementation. The Vice President, North West of MAN, Engineer illias Sally, who made this known in an interview, said the jointly reviewed textile garment policy sponsored by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) was still lying in the FMITI without being implemented.
According to him, it is a gamechanger that will catalyse the resuscitation of the moribund textile manufacturing firms if implemented by the FMITI Minister. Sally said: “The garment policy is a game-changer. In fact, MAN headuarters just recently reviewed the policy together with the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, and it is lying in the Ministry; not implemented yet.
“So, we should be having a robust policy if that policy is implemented and I am sure the turning around of the companies’ fortunes in the textile industry would be around the corner. And this garment policy has really been recommended and was sponsored by UNIDO and was done by a textile firm as chief consultant.” Speaking on the reason the country’s textile industry has been comatose despite all the support given by successive administrations, the Vice President, North West of MAN, stated: “You can see a number of policies have be.