OCCUPATIONAL VAT DYEING PRACTICES IN THE KANO METROPOLIS OF NIGERIA- Part 2: Operations of the dyers/dyeing enterprises in relation to industrial practices
OCCUPATIONAL VAT DYEING PRACTICES IN THE KANO METROPOLIS OF NIGERIA- Part 2: Operations of the dyers/dyeing enterprises in relation to industrial practices
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Date
2021-08
Authors
Abdullahi, S
Nkeonye, P. O
Yakubu, M. K
Gumel, M. S
Iliya, E. B
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Nigerian Journal of Textiles (NJT) A Publication of Textile Researchers Association of Nigeria (TRAN)
Abstract
The incorporation of synthetic blue vat dye and its derivatives in Nigeria since the 1930s reflected significant
development within the dyeing industry where the dyers had to acquire new skills and the technical know-how
in the use of this new line of ingredient. The aim of this paper is to assess the operations of occupational vat
dyeing enterprises in Kano metropolis. The study was conducted among 1387 dyers and further information
was obtained through focus group discussion with dyers and cloth vendors, observation and measurement.
Data were analysed by descriptive statistics (frequency and average) using statistical package for the social
sciences (SPSS) software. Findings revealed that the dyers offer services such as plain and patterned dyeing
of fabric and garment, redyeing of faded garment, and dyeing of fashion accessories/household items to
customers in the neighbourhood and from other states and other countries as well as cloth vendors by hand
dyeing using firewood as fuel, water purchased from vendors, and synthetic vat dye, auxiliary chemicals, and
material to be dyed as raw-materials. Most of the dyers work on customer demand and are more engaged
weeks before festive periods. The study suggests creating and implementing effective policies that will ban
importation of coloured textiles especially from China, subsidize the cost of dyes and chemicals, and tackle
insecurity such as Boko-Haram insurgency and banditry which threaten businesses in this part of the country.
The dyers should also be encouraged to become formal to be able to seek for infrastructural development from
the state government.
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