How adire digital initiative will boost employment–Abiodun

The Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun has said the Adire Ogun Digital Marketplace will galvanise the vibrancy of the youths to boost employment.

He said this on Thursday in Abeokuta while launching the Adire Ogun Digital Market Place.

The launch had the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as Special Guest.

The governor said the platform would be a melting pot for over 2000 participants and would open up a value chain for adire business.

He also said that his administration would introduce adire as part of the school uniform in the state from 2021.

The governor announced the facilitation of a single digit interest loan for all those participating in adire production and sale value chain.

Abiodun further said his government would facilitate the opening of adire concession shops in Lagos and other commercial cities in the country.

He said the policy directive for civil and public servants in the state to wear adire attire every Friday of the week had helped in promoting the fabric and boosting the trade.

The governor, however, called on the minister to champion a programme for the adoption of adire fabric for national events.

The Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, who spoke on behalf of traditional rulers at the event, traced the history of adire to the19th century.

NAN reports that the governor’s wife, Bamidele, and the state’s Commissioner for Culture, Dr Oluwatoyin Taiwo, also made presentations at the event.

The governor and his wife as well as the minister and the monarch made the first online order for the adire fabric on the www.adireogun.com platform.