Senate asks FG to ban all foreign Textile materials

The Nigerian Senate has asked the federal government to urgently ban all foreign textile materials to encourage local cotton production and revive the country's dead textile industries, particularly in the Kaduna-Kano axis. The motion, sponsored by Senator Sunday Marshall Katung and co-sponsored by several other senators, also calls for additional funds from the Bank of Industry (BOI) for the textile sector and for the Ministry of Agriculture to promote cotton farming.