‘Fashion will take 40% of youths off streets’

Stakeholders in the Nigerian fashion industry have called on the government at all levels and the private sector to invest more in the industry and diversify the economy from oil to creative and other industries.

The stakeholders made the call at the second edition of a fashion event tagged: “Simply Native Fashion Show”, held in Ota, Ogun State.

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Speaking on the potentials of the fashion industry, the convener of the event, Yomi Oke Asiwaju, described the industry as one of the largest employers of labour in the country.

He said that the Nigerian government must take advantage of the fashion and creative industry to provide employment opportunities for millions of unemployed youths.