Ekiti Governor's Wife, Bisi Fayemi Urges FG To Ban Imported ‘Aso-Oke’ Fabric

Date: 21-12-2019 8:41 pm (4 years ago) | Author: Olusanya Akinrinola
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The wife of Ekiti State governor, Bisi Fayemi, has urged the Federal Government to ban imported ‘Aso-Oke’ fabric and revive the nation’s textile industry to boost sustainable economic growth.

‘Aso Oke’ is a hand-woven cloth created by the Yoruba people, which means “top cloth” in the English language, denoting cloth of high status.

However, Fayemi made the call to ban the importation of Aso Oke fabric during the 2019 Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN) on Saturday in Lagos.

“I will be a hypocrite to say that we should ban all fabrics because I do wear imported fabrics every now and then.

“But when it comes to Aso-oke that I know that our women in our local communities toil at to do; and do not have the capacity to produce to scale, instead of investing in that capacity, we are acquiring a situation that others are coming to rip off our intellectual property.

“So, I join others to call for a ban on imported Aso-oke from China,” Fayemi said.

According to her, Africa fashion is all about identity, self-love, dignity, attitude, and ownership to preserve its culture, heritage and connection to the international community.

Posted: at 21-12-2019 08:41 PM (4 years ago) | Hero
- Goldtime at 21-12-2019 11:44 PM (4 years ago)
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Thank you for your insight ! It’s wrong to franchise cultural identity .It should stay locally hand weaving made to maintain its uniqueness and traditional values .How on earth is that cultural venture allowed taken over by the Chinese  .It the utmost disrespect to national cultural heritage and whoever is partnership with the Chinese in the business should be punish or made to pay heavy fine .it is an outright infringement of intellectual property rights.
Posted: at 21-12-2019 11:44 PM (4 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kacylee at 23-12-2019 07:14 AM (4 years ago)
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this woman like owambe die.... to ban imported as oke so that the ones for ur shop go sell. madam get innovative already
Posted: at 23-12-2019 07:14 AM (4 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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