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Good news as More campuses are loading for kogi state universityThe Kogi State Government led by His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, recently approached the Kogi State Assembly with a Bill to decentralise the Kogi State University. The two arms of government are working inunison to make this laudable proposal a reality. Put simply, two more campuses of the the state'sflagship tertiary institution will be established once the Bill
passes into law.

The reasons for this laudable proposal are many, but a few will suffice to make the point here.
Today Kogi State citizens do not have the benefit of studying any Engineering or Technology course in KSU. Each year, many otherwise qualified candidates from Kogi State have to forego their preferred courses or downgrade their study expectations.
The Bill tends to reduce the incidence of this by providing for a School of Engineering and Technology in Kogi Central.

Today Agriculture has taken center stage and will
continue to dominate the continental sphere as for many years to come.
Kogi State has comparative advantages in
Agriculture including vast arable lands and water for aquaculture and specialised agro-businesses like hydroponics.

A school of Agriculture with all its economies which is billed to be sited in Kogi West, will
broaden the field of manpower for agriculture in Kogi State.

There are no plans to move existing faculties out of the current campus except as may be required to put round pegs in round holes in view of the proposed new campuses.

All the professional courses will most likely
remain 'as is' at Anyigba Campus, namely Medical, Law, Arts, Education,Social,Humanities and Natural Sciences.

It goes without saying that anyone who is interested in the broad-based development of Kogi State and not blinded by myopic considerations should applaud this initiative.

The facts below show that our preoccupation should not be with 'why it cannot work' but rather, 'why should it not work'?

1. Kogi State University will still retain its HQs in Ayingba while her Vice Chancellor and Senate will work out from there Administrative wise.

2. Our teeming students needs not go to Ekpoma,
Nasarawa or farther away to study courses that will be offered at the incoming campuses especially those affiliated to the Two Faculties which are today non existent.

3. The improved infrastructure and learning standards at all three campuses which I trust the New Direction Agenda of the Governor Yahaya Bello Administration to usher in is expected to attract thousands of fresh students to Kogi State from across the Country resulting in socioeconomic benefits.

4. Most of our elders who today elevate the Unity, Peace and Progress of Nigeria above tribal and ethnic sentiments first started in schools that broke down ethnic barriers.
We believe the enlarged and enhanced 3-Campus structure will inculcate and localise such
progressive experiences in future generations of Kogites who will meet and bond in KSU.

5. An admission policy which based on Equal
Opportunities for all Kogites will be deployed in the new KSU under the coordination of a single Central Administration.
Three campuses does not mean 3 Vice Chancellors, 3 Registrars or 3 Bursars within the Decentralization.

6. The name of this institution shall remain Abubakar Audu University - School of this or that at such and such location.

7. I implore the present generation of Kogites, and
indeed Nigerians, to start looking at issues on the merits and away from the narrow prism of ethnicity which constricts development and limits innovation.

8. The issue of where funds will come from to run the new structure ought not to trouble anyone.
A Scarcity Mentality has never been the characteristic of great people. Government is already looking beyond the recession.
In fact the recession is in itself an opportunity
to retool agelong norms which have not helped our society in order to eliminate waste and free up monies for new ways to succeed.
Plus, we are also looking at collaborative models which have long been ignored.

There is no limitations to success except those we place on ourselves.

Before we jump into the foray with all sorts of theories and conjectures let us sit back and think it through. We might indeed see things from a broader view made possible by an open mind to new directions rather than continuing in the narrow lanes carved out by pride and prejudice.
Just trying to make some sense out of a well thought out ,forward and future looking concept in not just naming a University after a National Statesman but to ensure his efforts and legacies are not left at one spot but expanded to more frontiers.

May God grant us wisdom,understanding to always think KogiFirst.

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There is this question that many people have asked ....and the question is ''CAN NIGERIAN TEXTILE INDUSTRIES BECOME THE BEST TEXTILE INDUSTRIES ROUND THE GLOBE'' in this article i am here to discuss the possible state of Nigerian textile industries is and
also to the probability of Nigerian textile industries becoming the best textile industries round the globe. please dont forget to drop your comments.
The global manufacturing map is changing fast, raising questions about the future of the Nigerian textile industry. On one hand, the country’s manufacturing sector faces higher costs at home, cheaper competition abroad and a global economic slowdown, compelling
some textile firms to outsource and offshore lower skilled production to cheaper labor markets in Africa.

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On the other hand, more and more Private and Government firms are investing in technological innovation, oil, specialization and quality upgrades, contributing to the development of the country’s advanced manufacturing sector. But as some garment and textile industry producers move up the value chain, others are struggling with issues like long-term sustainability and worker welfare. Can Nigeria still compete as Africa’s fashion factory?
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It has been reviewed that the textile industry was one of the booming sub-sectors of the economy in the post-independence years. Fed by locally grown cotton and with huge demand for clothing by a fast growing population, it provided direct and indirect employment to hundreds of Nigerians for several decades.
In the golden era of Nigeria’s textile industry between 1985 and 1991, the sector recorded an annual
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growth of 67 per cent and as at 1991; it employed about 25 per cent workers in the nation’s manufacturing sector.
In that period the functional textile companies numbered around 180, employing about a million people, it accounted for over 60 per cent of the textile industry capacity in West Africa, empowering millions of households across all the geopolitical zones of Nigeria.
The story however changed in the early nineties and the sector took a massive dive into an industrial abyss. At a point during the crisis in the sector, from about 180 thriving textile companies, the number came down to almost zero, with textile giants such as United Nigerian Textile Company bowing to the pressure imposed by a hostile operating environment.
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The Federal Government in 2009 set up the N100bn intervention fund for the textile industry. The Textile and Garment (CTG) Intervention Fund is managed and disbursed by the Bank of Industry (BOI). However, the fund is yet to bring the textile industry back to his former glory. According to the Coalition of Closed Unpaid Textiles Workers in Kaduna an estimated 600, 000 people are still rendered jobless in the industry.
These companies began to close down one after the other. Some of the Textile firms that have closed down most recently include the International Textile Industry (ITI) with factories in Isolo and Ikorodu, both in Lagos, with 800 people losing their jobs. First Spinners Limited, Ikorodu, Lagos, with about 500 employees; Bhojr Textile Industry with about 700 people and Reliance Textile, Ikeja, Lagos, with about 500 employees have also folded.
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Investigations reveal that Nigeria imports about N300bn worth of textiles and garments annually according to the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria. Most of the textiles and garments were imported without paying the required duties and taxes. Smuggled textiles have taken over 90 per cent of the Nigerian market.
The bank of industry as at last year released another fund for upcoming textile and fashion designers. All hope may not be lost for the industry, as we pray for globalization to work its magic.

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