By Gbenga
Adewale
The Lagos State Government has been urged to
support the Grassroot Designers with Flexible Loans in the government ways to
include the Entrepreneurs in this administration and alleviate poverty in the lives
of its society.
The Creative Lead for MAC 89 Experience, Michael
Chiamaka revealed this on Saturday, at the MAC 89 Experience held at the Alausa
Secretariat Auditorium ikeja, in collaboration with the Ministry of Wealth
Creation and Employment.
Chiamaka commended the ministry of wealth
creation and Employment for the good works which according to him has highly
contributed to the development of the Lagos Entrepreneurs.
The Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of
Wealth Creation and Employment, Mrs Boladele Dapo Thomas said this is the first
edition in this Administration to present Mac 89 Experience to skill,re skill
and up skill the Fashion design entrepreneurs and the only exposure the ministry
tried to do now was creating access to market because if the ministry continue
to train everybody with employability without access to market for people to
see Nigeria made products,it would be pointless and how would the ones trained
sell their products? She said.
The Permanent Secretary expressed her joy over
the Mac 89 experience turn out while addressing the media on the good impact of
government towards the society through the ministry of wealth creation and employment
and she described how Lagos State Employment Trust Fund also has been
contributing to the informal sector since the year 2015.
She urged Nigerians to encourage more in
embracing our locally made fabrics that if we do not embrace and brand our
products in Nigeria who would do it for us.
She however informed that the Lagos State
Government has registered about 66 Entrepreneurial Skills of different
Association in Lagos state because it is not only about Fashion and the future
of today is not about the formal sector and the informal sector today is the economy.
She said.
The Commissioner for the ministry of Wealth
creation and Employment, Mrs Yetunde Arobieke assured that more of the
programme from next year shall be greater than the present while about 20 of
the fashion CEOs were honored at the event.
The. parent, one of the CEOs father, Mr Dapo
Thomas commended Lagos State government for a job well done by helping youths
with handworks to achieve their dreams. He said that if other state government
could do like the Lagos state government by impacting the lives of youths in the
informal sector like this,it would go a long way and would reduce any form of
criminal activities in the nation and peace shall reign, he said.
He urged therefore his son among the CEOs
honoured to remain focus as he set his target in the Fashion industry that the
sky is the beginning and success is sure in the way with God.
He called on the Nigeria leaders who are
millionaires to think right as Lagos and Elumelu contribute immensely to impact the
lives of the youths with kindness and treasure.
