The Federal Government has reinstated its commitment towards reviving the Cotton, Garment and Textile industry to create more employment opportunities for Nigerians.
The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono gave this assurance in 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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According to Nanono, textile and garment industry is one of the three pillars that are crucial to the development of the economy, adding that it would reduce unemployment substantially.
Earlier, the Chambers’ President Oye Akinsemoyin said there is need for the federal government to focus on revitalizing the industry in line with the President Buhari’s policy of economic diversification.
He said the Vietnam textile industry had grown over the years from the 60s and presently had churned out over six thousand enterprises. He said the industry has employed over two point five million people in Vietnam.
