Hundreds of workers of some textile manufacturing companies in the country have hit the streets of Accra to demonstrate over government’s failure to put measures in place to clamp down on pirated textiles on the market. The demonstrators held placards with inscriptions such as “taskforce is not a border guard”, “restore the taskforce to the … Read more
The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLU) is demanding that the cost of utilities be slashed by 50 percent. It is also demanding the removal of VAT on locally produced textile prints to save local textile manufacturing companies from collapse. According to TEGLU, local textile manufacturing companies have sent home about 90percent of their … Read more
Local Textile workers will on Thursday (March 9, 2017) embark on a protest to express their displeasure over what they say is the Trade Ministry’s inability to stop the smuggling of pirated goods onto the local markets. According to the workers, the development has rendered local textile companies uncompetitive while they have also been compelled … Read more
The Chief Executive Officer of the UT Group, Mr. Martyn Mensah, has said the textile industry, which dominated the manufacturing sector of the country some years back, has seen a 90 percent decline in its contribution to employment. He said in 1970, at its zenith, the textile sub?sector dominated the manufacturing sector in Ghana with … Read more
The Textile, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLU) has warned textile pirates to desist from stealing their designs and replicating fake trademarks. TEGLU General Secretary Abraham Koomson, who was a guest on the Executive Breakfast Show on Wednesday, January 11, told the host that local manufacturers invest in the creation of the design, however some … Read more
President John Dramani Mahama has expressed delight at moves by the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) to partner with the China National Textiles and Apparel Council (CNTAC) to establish a textile factory in the Northern Savanna Ecological Zone (NSEZ) of the country. He has, therefore, pledged government’s support for the project, explaining that it would … Read more