Nigeria’s textile industry remains in a deep structural crisis as imported fabrics from China, India, and Pakistan continue to displace local production. Despite holding a comparative advantage in cotton cultivation, Northern Nigeria’s inability to integrate its agricultural base with industrial processing has left manufacturers unable to compete on price, quality, or scale. Experts warn that the sector’s decline stems from systemic bottlenecks, including unreliable power, high production costs, and outdated infrastructure. To reverse this, policymakers must shift focus from raw cotton production to building integrated industrial clusters that link farms to ginneries and textile mills, similar to the model successfully implemented in Benin Republic. Without a cohesive, value-driven strategy to bridge the gap between agriculture and manufacturing, the region risks remaining a passive consumer of foreign textile goods.