After the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Alhaji Abdullahi Dikko had announced the lifting of import ban on textile products. The National Union of Textiles Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN) and the Nigerian Association of Chmbers of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (NACCIMA) rejected the ban as it is illegal and it did not follow the process according to them.
The General Secretary of NUTGTWN, Issa Aremu said that the ban was imposed by the Olusegun Obasanjo’s government in 2010 to help the Nigerian textile manufacturers gain advantage over foreign firms and that it was necessary for the textile industry to get back its former glory and help in the industrialization of Nigeria. He called upon President Buhari to cancel the lifting of the embargo.
