CAMEROON: Government Strategy to Jump-Start Cotton-Textile Industry
The cotton and textile industry in the Cameroon can be very rewarding if only appropriate decisions to harness the available potentials are taken. This is the crux of what the Ministry of Industry, Mines and Technological Development has decided to tackle head-long, through the transformation of locally produced…
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As a first step to arrive at this target, secondary and high school children will wear uniforms produced at home using home-grown cotton; the military and other corps will be involved in the policy of consuming made in Cameroon products as well, he concluded confidently. There was an impressive presence of top officials from the country’s cotton production and transformation industries, from the ministries of Basic and Secondary Education, from the National Investment Corporation and other socio-professional backgrounds.
Cameroonians haven’t sufficiently developed the culture of consuming home-made products add that local industries need to be upgraded, the quality of their products improved upon through joint-ventures and a relentless fight waged against contraband.
Source: Crtv.com
From the Egytex news archive, first published on 16 June 2008. Figures and names are as reported at the time.
