Business SON, FG take steps to develop the Adire fabrics industry

[jeff juwana]

The Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has urged the Federal Government, investors and private organizations on the need for proper standards certification of Adire fabrics and other made-in-Nigeria products. The Organization identified that the Adire fabrics are recording low patronage both locally and international owing to the inability of the government and other stakeholders to get the product certified by SON, thus hampering the trust and confidence of prospective buyers of the product.
Meanwhile, the Federal Government, as part of efforts ensuring favourable balance of trade and payment, is planning exports promotion for Adire fabrics and other Nigerian made textiles. Recently, the Ogun State commissioner for commerce and industry, Bimbo Ashiru, disclosed that the Minister for Trade and Investment, Olusegun Aganga had sent delegates to the State to meet with Adire fabrics and other local textiles producers on the development of Adire fabrics that would meet international standard.
Ashiru however, is optimistic that the Federal Government proposed export promotion for Adire fabrics would boost investment in the Adire fabrics production sub-sector of the Nigerian economy, improve the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), create wealth and generate employment and correct the country balance of trade and payment.