By Henry Umoru
The Senate has asked the Federal Government to urgently ban all foreign textile materials from entering the country as part of moves to encourage local production of cotton and the revival of dead textile industries across the country.
The Senate called on the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Trade and Investment to ensure the revival of textile industries in Nigeria as this will further create job opportunities for the unemployed population in the country, thereby addressing youth restiveness and attendant insecurity.
The red chamber urged the Federal Government to provide additional funds to the Bank of Industry, BOI, to be dedicated to textile industries in order to revive the sector.
It also asked the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, to encourage the farming of cotton.
The resolutions on Tuesday were sequel to a motion titled, “Urgent Need to revive the Textile Industries in Nigeria with particular reference to the Kaduna-Kano axis.”
It was sponsored by Senator Sunday Katung (APC, Kaduna South) and co-sponsored by Senators Adams Oshiomole (APC, Edo North); Senator Tahir Monguno (APC, Borno North); Senator Mustapha Khalid (Kaduna North); Senator Mustapha Khabeeb (APC, Jigawa South West) and Senator Natasha Akpoti- Udughan.
Others are Senator Kawu Abdurrahman Suleiman (APC, Kano South); Senator Simon Lalong (Plateau South); Senator Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto South); Senator Babangida Hussaini (APC, Jigawa North-West) and Senator Dandutse Mohammed (APC, Katsina South).
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