Nigeria Senate orders ban on all foreign textile imports.

By Henry Umoru

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to immediately prohibit all foreign textile materials from entering Nigeria, citing the need to boost local cotton production and revive dormant textile industries nationwide.

The Senate directed the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Trade and Investment to spearhead efforts to rejuvenate the textile sector, arguing that a revitalised industry would generate employment for the country’s unemployed, thereby mitigating youth unrest and related insecurity.

The chamber also requested that the Federal Government allocate additional funding to the Bank of Industry (BOI) specifically for textile development.

Furthermore, the Senate asked the Ministry of Agriculture to promote cotton farming across the country.

These resolutions followed a motion titled “Urgent Need to revive the Textile Industries in Nigeria with particular reference to the Kaduna-Kano axis,” which was introduced on Tuesday.

The motion was sponsored by Senator Sunday Katung (APC, Kaduna South) and co-sponsored by Senators Adams Oshiomole (APC, Edo North), Tahir Monguno (APC, Borno North), Mustapha Khalid (Kaduna North), Mustapha Khabeeb (APC, Jigawa South West), and Natasha Akpoti-Udughan.

Additional co‑sponsors included Senator Kawu Abdurrahman Suleiman (APC, Kano South), Simon Lalong (Plateau South), Aminu Tambuwal (Sokoto South), Babangida Hussaini (APC, Jigawa North‑West), and Dandutse Mohammed (APC, Katsina South).

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