‘Our love for Ghanaian fabrics killing us’
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The Nigerian Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) has decried the Nigeria’s love for Ghanaian fabrics against the use of the homemade ones.
At the this year’s outing which is the sixth edition of NICO Annual Round Table on Culture Orientation, Dr. Sani Lugga, Wazirin Katsina, maintained that as custodians of culture, “our progenitors will hold us responsible if we relent in our duty to protect and transmit to posterity, what they bequeathed on us.” He decried Nigerians’ love for fabrics from Ghana at the expense of Nigerian wax.
Lugga also stressed that “Ghanaians first and foremost accepted, cherished and projected their fabrics to us and through our patronage, they keep moving. The more we patronise them, the more we encourage them to improve, while the more we drift away from Nigerian fabrics, the more Nigerian wax is gradually phasing away if not totally grounded.”
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed, stated that the theme of the Round Table could not have been more appropriate, “considering the nation’s crave for attitudinal change in every ramification of our national life through the ongoing rebranding programme.
Describing the participants as cultural ambassadors, the Minister charged them to take the message of the Round Table to help accelerate the process of cultural rejuvenation and moral rebirth.
On the theme of the Roundtable, Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr. Barclays Ayakoroma said it will go a long way in rekindling the interest and pride in Nigerians; and stimulate the growth of our textile industries to boost our economy. It will also enable us chart the way forward on the actualization of “Dress Nigeria day, which we are proposing as a first step.”
He emphasised that the Nigerian dress culture could not be over flogged until it has been given the desired attention, creating the desired impact. “We should be very concerned as to the current trend where our young boys and girls adopt foreign dress patterns. There is also the proliferation of imported second-hand clothing that have gradually pushed most of our Nigerian textile industries to close shops.
Furthermore, we are in undated with the sights of indecently dressed youths, even married women on our streets. The absence of laws on national dress codes in public offices and national events has not helped matter,” the NICO Executive Secretary said.
At the this year’s outing which is the sixth edition of NICO Annual Round Table on Culture Orientation, Dr. Sani Lugga, Wazirin Katsina, maintained that as custodians of culture, “our progenitors will hold us responsible if we relent in our duty to protect and transmit to posterity, what they bequeathed on us.” He decried Nigerians’ love for fabrics from Ghana at the expense of Nigerian wax.
Lugga also stressed that “Ghanaians first and foremost accepted, cherished and projected their fabrics to us and through our patronage, they keep moving. The more we patronise them, the more we encourage them to improve, while the more we drift away from Nigerian fabrics, the more Nigerian wax is gradually phasing away if not totally grounded.”
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed, stated that the theme of the Round Table could not have been more appropriate, “considering the nation’s crave for attitudinal change in every ramification of our national life through the ongoing rebranding programme.
Describing the participants as cultural ambassadors, the Minister charged them to take the message of the Round Table to help accelerate the process of cultural rejuvenation and moral rebirth.
On the theme of the Roundtable, Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr. Barclays Ayakoroma said it will go a long way in rekindling the interest and pride in Nigerians; and stimulate the growth of our textile industries to boost our economy. It will also enable us chart the way forward on the actualization of “Dress Nigeria day, which we are proposing as a first step.”
He emphasised that the Nigerian dress culture could not be over flogged until it has been given the desired attention, creating the desired impact. “We should be very concerned as to the current trend where our young boys and girls adopt foreign dress patterns. There is also the proliferation of imported second-hand clothing that have gradually pushed most of our Nigerian textile industries to close shops.
Furthermore, we are in undated with the sights of indecently dressed youths, even married women on our streets. The absence of laws on national dress codes in public offices and national events has not helped matter,” the NICO Executive Secretary said.
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‘Our love for Ghanaian fabrics killing us’
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The Nigerian Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) has decried the Nigeria’s love for Ghanaian fabrics against the use of the homemade ones.At the this year’s outing which is the sixth edition of NICO Annual Round Table on Culture Orientation, Dr. Sani Lugga, Wazirin Katsina, maintained that as custodians of culture, “our progenitors will hold us responsible if we relent in our duty to protect and transmit to posterity, what they bequeathed on us.” He decried Nigerians’ love for fabrics from Ghana at the expense of Nigerian wax.
Lugga also stressed that “Ghanaians first and foremost accepted, cherished and projected their fabrics to us and through our patronage, they keep moving. The more we patronise them, the more we encourage them to improve, while the more we drift away from Nigerian fabrics, the more Nigerian wax is gradually phasing away if not totally grounded.”
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed, stated that the theme of the Round Table could not have been more appropriate, “considering the nation’s crave for attitudinal change in every ramification of our national life through the ongoing rebranding programme.
Describing the participants as cultural ambassadors, the Minister charged them to take the message of the Round Table to help accelerate the process of cultural rejuvenation and moral rebirth.
On the theme of the Roundtable, Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr. Barclays Ayakoroma said it will go a long way in rekindling the interest and pride in Nigerians; and stimulate the growth of our textile industries to boost our economy. It will also enable us chart the way forward on the actualization of “Dress Nigeria day, which we are proposing as a first step.”
He emphasised that the Nigerian dress culture could not be over flogged until it has been given the desired attention, creating the desired impact. “We should be very concerned as to the current trend where our young boys and girls adopt foreign dress patterns. There is also the proliferation of imported second-hand clothing that have gradually pushed most of our Nigerian textile industries to close shops.
Furthermore, we are in undated with the sights of indecently dressed youths, even married women on our streets. The absence of laws on national dress codes in public offices and national events has not helped matter,” the NICO Executive Secretary said.