The Federal Government has announced plans to revive the Kaduna textile industry as part of a broader industrialisation drive aimed at ensuring inclusive national development.
The announcement comes days after a former governor of Kano State, Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso, who was the presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the last election, accused President Bola Tinubu’s administration of concentrating development efforts in the southern part of the country while neglecting the North.
During a two-day interactive session on government-citizen engagement in Kaduna on Tuesday, the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume said that President Tinubu is committed to balanced national development and will not leave any region behind.
Akume, who led a delegation of northern appointees in President Tinubu administration to the forum organised by the Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation, said that the government plans to revive once-thriving industries in the north, including the famous Kaduna Textile, as part of efforts to diversify the economy.
Akume said: ‘We are looking at those days of Kaduna Textile and many other industrialised areas in the north.
‘We intend to revisit those good old days of Kaduna Textile to further boost and solidify the country’s economy via industrialisation’.
He said that the Tinubu administration is working in eight critical sectors to ensure Nigeria experiences ‘holistic development in all spheres of endeavours’.
‘These and many more will be achieved by the administration of President Tinubu, who after two years and two months in office has achieved so much’, he added.
The Kaduna Textile Limited, once one of the largest employers in northern Nigeria, has remained moribund for years due to poor management, policy inconsistencies, and economic shifts.
Efforts by past administrations to revitalise the industry have failed to yield sustainable results.
