Clothing industry to cut reliance on import with INTELS’ investment

L-R: Pasquale Fiore, managing director of INTELS Nigeria Limited; Esther Wehere, Best Graduating Student, 2022 Batch B of INTELS’ Women Empowerment Project Scheme Synergy (WEPSS), and Nancy Freeborn, the project manager of WEPSS, during the presentation of the keys to a fully equipped fashion design and tailoring shop donated to Wehere by INTELS at the Federal Lighter Terminal, Onne Port in Rivers State, recently.

The nation’s apparel industry is beginning to gain more traction as more Nigerians develop the capacity to not only design clothes but also own brands that can compete with international brands. With this, rather than depend on imported clothing, which is putting pressure on the FX, to meet the

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