The government of Kano state in northern Nigeria is planning to build
44 new garment production units across the province with an investment
of N4.7 billion, WorldStage Newsonline reported.
Speaking at a graduation ceremony of 60 sewing trainees, Kano Governor
Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso announced that each of the 44 new garment
manufacturing units would be constructed at a cost of N50 million, while
another N2.5 billion would be spent on purchasing machinery for these
centres.
Mr. Kwankwaso, who visited India
earlier this month, said he saw how garment industries are flourishing
in the South Asian country and he was convinced that garment
manufacturing centres are desirable local enterprises for creating
employment opportunities and for income generation.
He informed that the Kano government has constituted a committee tasked
with recruiting qualified personnel to run the garment units prior to
their formal opening.
The construction of
clothing units is part of this government’s efforts to create wealth and
alleviate poverty, Mr. Kwankwaso said.
Each of
the 60 trainees who successfully completed training in garment
stitching, were given a sewing machine, electric generator and N10,000
as working capital, Olusegun Awolowo, executive director of Nigerian
Export Promotion Council (NEPC), said at the event.
Alhaji Saidu Dattijo Adhama, chairman of Adhama Garments and Textiles
Company, the firm that sponsored the training, said if domestic garment
producers need financial and moral support to enable them to compete
favorably with foreign companies.
NIGERIA: KANO GOV'T TO CONSTRUCT 44 GARMENT PRODUCTION UNITS
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