A Non-Governmental Organisation, The Lady of Africa Empowerment and Advocacy Foundation, has called on the federal and state governments as well as private sectors to support its initiative to build a N2billion Adire Gallery.
The gallery, which will have its headquarters situated along Lagos-Ibadan expressway and branches in the five divisions of Lagos State at Epe, Ikeja, Badagry, Ikorodu and Lagos Island, is to promote the wearing of Nigeria’s local fabric, Adire.
The gallery will also promote Nigeria and Yoruba culture in particular as well as create jobs for thousands of youth, especially in the creative arts industry.
According to the President of the Foundation and Chief Executive Officer of Proclips Media Communication Limited, who is also the Convener of Adire Street Culture Festival Revolution, Princess Oluwabukola Fasuyi, the Adire Gallery house is a novel idea created by the foundation to fight against poverty through direct empowerment of indigenous people.
“That the Nigerian economy is in a recession is no longer a debate but we cannot sit down to sulk; thus we must all rise to the occasion by creating proactive measures to combat the problem confronting our dear country today,” she said.
She added: “Our projection is to ensure that the Adire Gallery house empowers the people and create sustainable wealth that will be plowed back to their communities to continuously stimulate the economy of local communities
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When completed, she said the gallery will directly empower 100,000 producers of Adire annually, which will gradually grow into one million producers per year globally in the next five years.
“We anticipate that we would have been able to directly empower 200,000 producers and marketers within the same period, and indirectly empower over five million by 2030,” she added.