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oapen-20.500.12657-457662020-12-22T02:12:31Z Chapter 2 New work-time regimes Renne, Elisha burying, cemeteries, chapter, children, city, closure, coalition, colonial, conclusion, consequences, construct, dead, death, deaths, deindustrialization, dilemmas, elisha, experiences, fall, families, hardship, health, hometowns, houses, industry, introduction, kaduna, ktl, ltd, new, nigeria, p, problems, regimes, renne, rise, textile, textiles, time, unpaid, widows', work, workers. bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBJ Regional & national history::HBJH African history The production of manufactured textiles at the Kaduna Textile Limited mill was an important development which led to the employment of many men from the small ethnic groups in southern Kaduna and Middle Belt states. The KTL Handbook, which workers received, laid out work rules which emphasized the importance of being on time. This aspect of industrial labor—the importance of keeping to time with clocks and watches—differed from many workers’ earlier experience of agricultural work. Yet despite KTL workers’ acceptance of the new work and time regime, the closure of the mill due to irregular electricity, antiquated equipment, and lack of government support led many to return to agricultural labor or to service employment in the city. For those preferring to remain in Kaduna, the difficulties of living without regular income and access to food and health care has contributed to the many health problems experienced by former KTL workers and their subsequent deaths. 2020-12-21T10:42:57Z 2020-12-21T10:42:57Z 2021 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/45766 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9781003058137_oachapter2.pdf https://www.routledge.com/Death-and-the-Textile-Industry-in-Nigeria/Renne/p/book/9780367465520 Taylor & Francis Death and the Textile Industry in Nigeria Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 1402ac25-9eb6-4447-8c08-db7b87c3d739 Routledge 22 open access
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The production of manufactured textiles at the Kaduna Textile Limited mill was an important development which led to the employment of many men from the small ethnic groups in southern Kaduna and Middle Belt states. The KTL Handbook, which workers received, laid out work rules which emphasized the importance of being on time. This aspect of industrial labor—the importance of keeping to time with clocks and watches—differed from many workers’ earlier experience of agricultural work. Yet despite KTL workers’ acceptance of the new work and time regime, the closure of the mill due to irregular electricity, antiquated equipment, and lack of government support led many to return to agricultural labor or to service employment in the city. For those preferring to remain in Kaduna, the difficulties of living without regular income and access to food and health care has contributed to the many health problems experienced by former KTL workers and their subsequent deaths.
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