Ayodele Olawande, minister of youth development, has backtracked on his earlier announcement that the federal government would replace the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) khaki uniform with locally made adire fabric.
Ayodele Olawande, minister of youth development, had said the government was planning to replace the current NYSC Khaki uniform with locally made adire fabrics to promote locally made products and support Nigeria’s textile industry.
“It’s Adire. So, Adire is being produced in Nigeria. We have them in Ogun, we have them in Kwara, we have textile industry. Let’s put our money back into the country,” Olawande said in an interview on Channels Television.
The announcement came after the federal executive council (FEC) approved key reforms for the one-year national service programme at its meeting on Monday.
After the FEC meeting, Olawande said the council retained the one-year duration of the scheme while approving seven
This post was originally published on this site.
