• In picture : The Senate during Tuesday plenary chaired by Senate’s president, God’swill Akpabio
THE Senate on Tuesday called on the Federal government to as a matter of urgency, ban all foreign textile materials into the country.
The move is to encourage local production of cotton and the revival of dead textile industries across the country.
They made the call in a motion titled, “Urgent Need to revive the Textile Industries in Nigeria with particular reference to the Kaduna-Kano axis.”
The motion was sponsored by Senator Sunday Marshall, Katung, APC, Kaduna South and Co- sponsored by Senators Adams Oshiomole, APC, Edo North; Senator Tahir Monguno, APC, Borno North; SenatorMustapha Khalid, Kaduna North; Senator Mustapha Khabeeb, APC, Jigawa South West and Senator Natasha Akpoti- Udughan.
Others are Senator Kawu Abdurrahman Suleiman, APC, Kano South; Senator Simon Lalong Simon, Bako, Plateau South; Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Sokoto South; Senator Babangida Hussaini, APC, Jigawa North-West and Senator Dandutse Mohammed, APC, Katsina South.
