
1.4 Million Jobs Up As FGN Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry
1.4 Million Jobs Up As FG Moves To Revamp Cotton/Textile Industry The Federal Government, in collaboration with the International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC), has kickstarted the resuscitation of Nigeria’s cotton industry. The target is to create over 1.4 million jobs annually in the cotton/textile sector, while the focus is to develop key components of the cotton value chain comprising farming, weaving, ginning and linking of cotton, all in line with the industrialization drive of the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. This was the outcome of a meeting held on Tuesday between Vice President Kashim Shettima and a delegation from the…