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September 21, 2019
The Federal Government has reinstated its commitment towards reviving the Cotton, Garment and Textile industry to create more employment opportunities for Nigerians.
TheMinister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono gave this assurancein a statement in Abuja.
The Minister announced this when he received the Vietnam Chambers of Commerce and Industry, NVCI delegation led by the Chairman Oye Akinsemoyin, in his office in Abuja.
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Accordingto Nanono, textile and garment industry is one of the three pillars that arecrucial to the development of the economy, adding that it would reduceunemployment substantially.
Earlier,the Chambers’ President Oye Akinsemoyin said there is need for the federalgovernment to focus on revitalizing the industry in line with the PresidentBuhari’s policy of economic diversification.
Hesaid the Vietnam textile industry had grown over the years from the 60s andpresently had churned out over six thousand enterprises. He said the industryhas employed over two point five million people in Vietnam.