The Senior Deputy General Secretary National Union of Textile amp Garment Workers of Nigeria Alh Umoru Mohammed spoke recently with Victor Ulasi about the issues and state of Textile Industries in Nigeria The state of textile Industry and the wellbeing of over 3500 workers who lost their jobs due to the closure of the textile industries have continued to be an issue of concern among the government stakeholders and the masses Over the years this concern has been related to evolution of crude oil unavailability of raw materials infrastructural decay in situation of government interferences and lack of equipment upgrade Resulting from this have lead to the closure of one hundred and fifty out of one hundred and seventy five textile industries in Nigeria leaving only 25 textile industries working on the mercy of nature In a bid to reverse the dwindling fortunes of Textile Industries the Federal Government intervened with a stimulus package of N70billion to bailout the textile industries aimed a