The Executive Chairman of Itire-Ikate LCDA, Hon. (Dr) Ahmed Olanrewaju Apatira, is set to establish a textile hub in his district as part of his administration’s commitment to empowering the youths in his district.
The council boss made the announcement when he hosted a Nigerian fashion expert and entrepreneur, Olori Ronke Ademiluyi-Ogunwusi, who was on a courtesy visit to the council on Thursday.
The project, Adire indigenous textile exhibition, 2023, was initiated by the Queen of Ife Kingdom, Olori Ogunwusi, the Creative Director of Adire hub, Ile-Ife, Osun state, is West London University Law graduate and founder of Africa Fashion Week London in 2011.
In 2014, Ogunwusi established the Africa Fashion Week, Nigeria (AFWN) and has produced over 20 fashion shows, including the ‘Mayor of London’s Africa on the Square,’ an event that was hosted during Black History Month in London.
Speaking at the reception, Apatira reiterated his administration’s commitment to securing a better future for the teeming youth population in the LCDA and, by extension, Lagos state.
He said, “We acknowledge that youths are integral to every community and nation. And this explains why we are committed to empowering them through vocational training and employment creation.
Our administration is poised to rescue our youths out of uncertainties. When productively engaged, the youths can be agents of positive development and generational change, but if misused, they can be destructive and chaotic.
To this end, as part of our investment in our youths, we will be establishing a textile hub just as we are preparing to host Adire indigenous textile exhibition.
I, therefore, urge the government at all levels to invest massively in the future of our youths, as we always have in Itire-Ikate LCDA, in order to bring their potential to reality.”