The Honourable Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation Chief Edem Duke has declared that Bayelsa State will host the 2014 African Fashion Reception in Yenaoga from July 3rd - July 5th.
The Minister announced this at a Press Conference recently in Abuja where he stated that the event would showcase cultural diversity expressed through the artistic fashion discipline.
The event which has the theme “Africa is the new inspiration of global fashion” will be declared open by President Goodluck Jonathan.
“Africa Fashion Reception will create free trade and partnership among practitioners in the African continent. It will also attract global attention to Africa’s rich and diversified dress culture and serve as a catalyst for socio-economic growth of the continent’s textile industry” Chief Duke said.
The Minister further explained that the Africa Fashion Reception will expand the potential power of fashion as a tool for fighting poverty in Africa by creating wealth through the empowerment of women and youths in the various fashion vocations through training, capacity building schemes, thereby supporting the Millennium Developing Goals (MDG) mission of halving global poverty by year 2020.
Other immensurable benefits he revealed was that the World Fashion Organisation has promised to establish a first World Fashion University and also build a first Africa World Class garment manufacturing plant in Nigeria.
In her contribution, the Africa Patron of World Fashion Organisation Dr. Mrs. Merit Gordon Obua said that the African Fashion Reception will be graced by 40 notable designers from Africa and 120 international fashion and textile designers across the world including buyers from the global community. She added that it will bring about spirit of self reliance amongst our youths and such initiative will create millions of jobs across the continent for tailors, creative directors, Textile designers, models fashion photographers and writers.
The Director General of Bayelsa State Tourism Development Agency Mrs Ebize Ndiomu said Bayelsa State is excited and ready to host the world as this gives the opportunity to showcase to global world.
SOURCE : PR Nigeria
http://prnigeria.com/2014/06/bayelsa-hosts-africa-fashion-reception/
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