North Central’s largest fashion industry set to be commissioned in Kogi
All roads will lead to Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State as the Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, will be coming to commission the state-of-the-art Fashion Shared Facility in Kogi State, the largest Fashion Industry in the North-Central Region.
This was contained in a press statement signed and issued to newsmen in Lokoja by Kogi Enterprise Development Agency Information Officer, Yemi Balogun.
According to the statement, the project which is under the National MSME Clinics Shared Facility Scheme, is scheduled to hold on Monday, 22 May, 2023.
It further revealed that, on the arrival of the Vice President, the Executive Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, will be on the ground to receive him and then proceed to the Skills Center in Okene Local Government Area where the Facility is sited for official commissioning and handing over.
The Fashion Shared Facility as disclosed is a partnership between the Government of Kogi State and the Federal Government aimed at fostering collaboration amongst MSME Fashion Designers in Kogi State as well as providing an enabling environment for the fashion sub-sector in the state to grow into serving the international markets.
According to the statement, the world-class facility will as well provide small and medium-sized fashion businesses with access to high-quality equipment, and resources at affordable costs and provide training and technical assistance to entrepreneurs to help them grow and scale their businesses.
The Kogi Fashion Shared Facility as contained in the state is well equipped with high-quality machines which include Four and Two Heads Monogram Machines, Digital and Industrial Suit and Shirt Button Hole Machines, Button Tackers, Coil and Tinko Machines.
Others are; Industrial Straight, Weaving and Hemming Machines, Industrial Pressers, Steam and Pressing Irons, Over-locking and Basin Machines, Industrial Button Holes Locking Machines Phoenix Machines, Digital Flix & Flock Cutting Machines, and 6 Head Screen Printing and Borderless Machines to mention but a few.
In her remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Kogi Enterprise Development Agency (KEDA), Hajia Rekiya Onaivo Sanni said the initiative which is facilitated by her agency is highly transformational, adding that the agency took delivery of 200 world-class manuals and fully automated fashion equipment with a capacity to service 350 MSMEs daily and 110,000 yearly.
Hajiya Rekiya noted that the Fashion Shared Facility is purposely designed to reduce bottlenecks and provide practical and immediate responses to challenges faced by fashion designers as well as foster collaboration amongst them.
She urged prospective beneficiaries to see the project as an enterprise-friendly initiative that will promote economic growth and create job opportunities in Kogi.