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Entrepreneur seeks ban on importation of foreign clothing

By Adewale Momoh, Akure
14 April 2023   |   3:16 am
An entrepreneur, Vincent Olukoya, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban importation of foreign clothing into the country to create conducive business environment for fashion designers in the country.

An entrepreneur, Vincent Olukoya, has appealed to the Federal Government to ban importation of foreign clothing into the country to create conducive business environment for fashion designers in the country.

Olukoya, who gave the advice in his presentation during the one-day free training tagged “Fashion Marketing Magic Summit: Attracting and Keeping Customers,” said: “If government wants to help the local fashion designers, the importation of certain clothing should be banned. As a country, we need to ban foreign clothing from entering Nigeria. Even government officials should encourage fashion designers in the country by wearing clothes strictly made in Nigeria.

“Just like the rice policy, when foreign rice was banned, the local production of rice greatly improved, and it positively affected the fortunes of farmers. Also, the government needs to encourage us by making available funds to assist fashion designers.”

“My company is a beneficiary of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization Equipment Upgrade. We are still expecting the remaining equipment they promised us. Imagine we get supports like that.

“And immediately we received all the equipment; we want to have the first fashion hub in the city of Akure. People who don’t have machines can come there to make good use of them, sew, and do whatever they want to do. By the time we do that, it is also helping to curb unemployment.

Speaking of the training, Olukoya disclosed that “gone are the days when people say fashion designing is actually a job for the less privileged. No, people that are educated are in the fashion industry now and doing things the right way, hence the essence of the training to further up their game in the fashion business of fashion design, which will help them retain customers.

“As an entrepreneur, particularly fashion entrepreneur, the social media must be leverage upon to let the world see what you are doing, that is creations. Virtually all the social media platforms are useful depending on how you make use of them and what you do with them.”

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