Saraki Advocates Use Of Local Fabrics For School Uniform

By Steve Oni, Ilorin

The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has called on the Kwara State House of Assembly to urgently initiate a Bill that would support the use of locally made fabrics as school uniforms for primary and secondary school students across Kwara State.

Saraki, who made the call at an interactive meeting with the Association of Aso Ofi Practitioners in Kwara State in Ilorin, also advised the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad, to meet with the group, in order to determine the feasibility of the proposal.

He said: “I am in full support of the Kwara State House of Assembly considering a Bill that would support our locally-made fabrics being used to make school uniforms for students of our great state. We must do all that we can to give our full support to all endeavours and initiatives that will ensure that goods and services that are made in Nigeria, are utilised and patronised by governments at all levels.

“I hope that the Kwara State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Ali Ahmad, considers this initiative on its merit and works towards developing this into a Bill. Doing this would help to create jobs for the makers of Aso-Oke, our local tailors, and hundreds of thousands of other people who fall within the entrepreneurial value chain, many of them who are youths and women.”

Saraki, who has been promoting the ‘Made in Nigeria’ amendment to the Public Procurement Act since 2015, has continued to champion economic initiatives that will lead to job creation and entrepreneurship in Nigeria.


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