ABSTRACT
The study aimed at investigating
strategies for reviving textile industries in south-eastern Nigeria. The main
objectives of the study are to identify the strategies for reviving textile
industries in south eastern Nigeria. Specifically, the study ascertains: The
present situation of textile industries in south east Nigeria, identified the
challenges of textile industries in south eastern and identified the measure
for handling those challenges in textile industry in south east ern Nigeria.
The population consists of the following categories: Employees and Owner of the
textile industries. The population estimate is segmented to reflect standard grouping
in working staff in the following order with population size of each being 210
GCM LTD Textile mills, Onitsha, Working staff, 30 Ebonyi state textile mill,
showing an overall population of 240 (two hundred and forty). Workers were
randomly selected from the employees register among the rank and file of the
labour force in the selected industries. A survey research design was adopted
for the study. A total of 240 staff were sampled and stratified along ten local
government areas in the two State, Onitsha and Ebonyi. Structured questionnaire
was used for data collection. Three experts validated the instrument. Five
research questions guided the study and three hypotheses were tested at 0. 05
level of significance. Mean and standard deviation were used to answer the
research questions while chi-square statistics were used to test the
hypotheses. It was found that affective attitudes of staff and consumers
towards textile industries were low, there was 98 per cent acceptance of the
strategies that would enhance I revive manufacturing fabrics industries and
promote textile industries in the area. The findings; also showed that Textile
Industries in Nigeria still operate with obsolete technology and machinery that
result in low productivity, The current recession in the country including
South-Eastern Nigeria made the textile industries unable to produce the
quantity required, The textile industries in South Eastern Nigeria experience
shortage of funds for smooth running of mill, High demand of foreign material
is due to poor quality produce in South-Eastern textile industries. It was
recommended that consumer's acceptability of fabrics should be the overriding
factor in the production of any fabric, thus every efforts should be geared
towards making the consumers to accept the products of the textile industries
in Nigeria in general and south eastern Nigeria in particular.
EKEA, E (2023). Strategies For Reviving Textile Industries In South Eastern Nigeria. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Nov 13, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/strategies-for-reviving-textile-industries-in-south-eastern-nigeria-7-2
EKEA, EKEA. "Strategies For Reviving Textile Industries In South Eastern Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 11 Aug. 2023, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/strategies-for-reviving-textile-industries-in-south-eastern-nigeria-7-2. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
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EKEA, EKEA. "Strategies For Reviving Textile Industries In South Eastern Nigeria" Mouau.afribary.org (2023). Accessed 13 Nov. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/strategies-for-reviving-textile-industries-in-south-eastern-nigeria-7-2