Trade
Nigeria believes that Nigeria’s textile industry should have been better than
what it is today if much has been done in the sector.
The
president of the organization Hon. Nwabueze Buchi George believes that just
like other countries in Africa and around the world, Nigeria's textile industry
has a historic significance that can sell, but the industry has generally
failed to capitalize on that.
“We should
always start by telling our stories, which are always interesting no matter how
you see it”
“There have
been several factors that have been causing the sector setbacks and what we
want to do is find a way to solve them with globally accepted solutions”
“Giant of
Africa is a realistic title we earned because of our abilities and potentials
and what we want to do in the textile industry scale it up with the other
sub-sectors like fashion, leather, wool, and cotton”, he said.
He revealed
that alongside Globe Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Trade Nigeria is packaging
a ‘World Textile Expo’ expected to feature World Shoe Expo; United Nations
Fashion Week; Commonwealth Fashion Week; Global Fashion Week; All Nations
Fashion Week; World Garment; Leather Industries and Textile Expo.
He further
stated that they are presently working on the perfect date and venue for the
event, adding that their full plan has just one goal, which is to reinvent the
Nigeria Textile Industry and make it globally relevant.
“Despite
having a tight calendar already, we have spotted this sector as one that needed
genuine intervention”
“There is so
much we can do to make the direct sector viable, as well as other strategies to
inject life into the subsectors of the industry.”, Hon. Nwabueze Buchi George
said.
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