Textile Stakeholder Advocates Teaching of Clothing in Varsities

Concerned about the lack of growth of Nigeria’s Cotton, Textile and Garment (CTG) industry, a London-trained textile business mogul and fashion industrialist, Fatai Olayiwola Olumegbon, has charged the federal government to introduce into the nation’s education curricula the teaching of garment and clothing in Nigerian schools and universities.

According to him, no university or polytechnic in Nigeria currently teaches garments and clothing, pointing out that encouraging and supporting the nation’s clothing industry would go a long way to attaining economic growth and development as obtainable in developed countries.

He, however, commended the federal government for its various economic policies to drive growth and development in the country, even as he urged youths to take advantage of the opportunities the policies would create in order to earn means of livelihood and self-reliance.

Olumegbon also admonished youths, aspiring businessmen and women that the key word to achieving success in the industry required much hard work and self-discipline.

“It is the seriousness. If you decide to do something for your life, you have to be serious at it.

You should not allow your social life to disturb it because in anything you do, you have to remember or give account of everything, therefore you have to run away from distractions, otherwise you cannot make progress,” he said.

Olumegbon advised operators and stakeholders in the industry to embark on mass production of local designs which could meet both local and global benchmarks, arguing that this would be the only way to grow the sector.