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Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

08-July-2016 11:11 IST

An Apparel Training Centre has been established in Kaduna, Nigeria under the Cotton Technical Assistance Programme (Cotton TAP) for Africa which is being implemented by Department of Commerce, Government of India under 2nd India Africa Forum Summit. This is a first of its kind centre in Nigeria set up in partnership with Government of Nigeria. The Centre was inaugurated on 22nd June, 2016. Mr M K Dwivedi, Joint Secy in the Department of Commerce said that the Center is aimed to support and catalyze the initiative of the Government of Nigeria in realizing the objectives to rebuild the cotton & textile value chain and address the need for skilled workforce for domestic as well export-oriented apparel industry in the west African region.

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Skill development partnership establishes a regional apparel training centre to rebuild the cotton and textile value chain. An Apparel Training Centre in Kaduna, Nigeria, established under the Cotton Technical Assistance Programme, is a government to government capacity building initiative by the Department of Commerce of India in partnership with the Government of Nigeria to develop a skilled workforce for apparel manufacturing and to catalyze rebuilding the cotton and textile value chain for domestic and export oriented industry in West Africa.