Nigerian CTG industry may help boost naira's value if explored: Expert
02 Sep 22 1 min read
The day Nigeria becomes a player in the ready-to-wear market for the West, the US dollar can flood the Nigerian market and raise the supply to demand equation, she was quoted as saying by Nigerian media reports.
ICLED stands for International Centre for Leadership and Entrepreneurship Development.
Garment firms must be conversant with electronic data interchange (EDI) as a means of identifying each garment, she said.
The decline of the textile and apparel industry started from 2003, and has resulted in Nigeria spending over $2 billion annually on imported textiles. However, the sector started picking up with government funding of N100 billion in 2010.
The capacity utilisation in the sector has increased from 29.10 per cent in 2010 to 49.7 per cent in 2011 and is 50.2 per cent now, according to figures from the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria.
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