Fisayo Akinduro, Osogbo

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Federal Government has been urged to consider the outright ban of foreign Jeans in order to promote local fabrics and boost Nigeria’s economy.
Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Adewale Akanbi gave the advice while encouraging the use of local fabrics in Nigeria.
As a custodian of culture, Oluwo lamented the infiltration of religion into our cultural values most especially the Yorubas, saying traditional rulers have role to play in distinctively differentiate Yoruba culture from religion.
He explained that he had earlier discussed partnership deal with the Bank of Industry (BOI) but not yielding as expected.
He expressed the hope in federal government’s involvement to embrace and domesticate production of various dresses such as suit, jeans and Agbada with local Ofi.
He expressed displeasure over lumping the rich Yoruba culture with idolatry, saying no enlightened person will embrace scaring religion.
Oba Akanbi explained that the youths and teenagers could not be forced to start wearing Aso Oke except the fabric was sewn to suit their needs.
The monarch, who had sewn the fabrics into different trendy styles for male and female, said he would partner celebrities, and Nigerian Government to sew new styles to gain acceptability among youths.
“I want to task the federal government to out rightly ban importation of foreign jeans into Nigeria, promote local jeans made of ofi to aid job opportunities.
“It is about using our own fabrics to make clothes of western dresses which our kids like. You must think like the children and the youths if you want to influence them in any way.