[size=16pt]Abeokuta South pupils to wear adire as uniform[/size]
By Segun Adeleye, Reporter, Abeokuta

• Sanitary inspectors begin work




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School pupils in Abeokuta South Local Government Area, Ogun State, would begin to wear Adire (the popular tie-and-die local fabric) as school uniform, beginning from the current academic session, says council Chairman, Omooba ‘Yanju Lipede.

Besides, the chairman said the council would set some days aside in the council when all workers, across the cadres would be wearing the local fabric.

He explained the essence of the innovation was to ensure continuity in the trade, “which is seen more of a culture and heritage of our people than mere trade.”

According to him, “Everybody that is somebody, including His Excellency, the governor downward would be implored to wear the tie and die on specific days of the months, which are still being worked out.”

The chairman, popularly called ‘‘solution,’’ said the latest efforts to promote the Adire revolution was to prevent reoccurrence what happened to Nigeria, which willfully and brotherly gave palm oil seedlings to Malaysia, thereby innocently empowering the Asian country to become the largest exporter of processed palm products to the rest of the world.

“I am shocked on a visit to China to see factories producing die and die of various designs, colour and attraction and I said to myself if a people can transfer somebody’s technology to here, then, we just have to start a new revolution of sort in what naturally is our heritage,” the council boss said.

He appealed to teachers to bear with his administration, assuring that “all within our powers will be done to make everybody, as individuals and as unions enjoy their labour for democracy,” at a function attended by the chairman of the state Chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Sam Idowu.

Idowu, who sought the implementation of 26 per cent salary increase for his members, however, commended the conviviality between Ake Council Secretariat and the Kuto Secretariat of the teachers.

Recalling that “we introduced the school bus to assuage the hardship encountered by our pupils in getting to and from their schools,” the council chairman said on Tuesday, in Abeokuta that “more incentives are still being worked out to make teaching and learning worth the while in our council.”

Meanwhile, the chairman has emphasized the need to make the council the model in terms of cleanliness among the 20 councils in the state, disclosing that sanitary inspectors would be re-introduced.

“When the sanitary inspectors come on board, they shall first educate our people for the first three months on the need to be Godliness by being clean; after which they shall begin to enforce compliance with fines that will be commensurate with their offences.

“You will see with the construction of a fountain in Ake, opposite the palace and equally close to the council secretariat that we are taking the issue of environment serious this year,” Lipede stressed as he unveiled the kits to be adorned by the sanitary inspectors.

He added that stand-by refuse trucks would be stationed in all the markets in the councils, where market women would drop their waste as soon as they are generated to avoid the spilling of waste to the roads on major collecting points, including markets.

Reminded that Kuto market was bad, the chairman said: “I personally supervised the evacuation of the place you mentioned, ditto for Odo-Oyo, near Itoku market and Abiola way.”

On alleged brutalisation of protesting health workers by thugs said to have been engaged by him, the council chairman denied ever sending thugs to harass the protesters.

“What happened was that a section of the health workers embarked on strike, others continued with their job; when we, as the law dictates, went to enforce the no-work no-pay rule, they resorted to protest by holding two doctors hostage, including a corps member.

“We felt their colleagues who actually worked will feel cheated if and when we pay the striking workers. However, we consulted those who did not go on strike on whether to pay them, and they agreed on compassionate grounds.”

“Today, we are best of friends. What we wanted to be seen done is equity, justice and fairness; that we have achieved by seeking the cooperation of their colleagues who stood by us during that testy period,” the scion of the Lipede dynasty in Egbaland cleared the air.

ROFLMAO!!! WOW!

Why you dey laugh na?

Well, normally, I would say this might not be such a bad idea, but the NIGERIAN IN ME says "OH OH!! What is this about?" ROFLMAO!!

Aloy`Emeka:

School pupils in Abeokuta South Local Government Area, Ogun State, would begin to wear Adire (the popular tie-and-die local fabric) as school uniform, beginning from the current academic session, says council Chairman, Omooba ‘Yanju Lipede.

Besides, the chairman said the council would set some days aside in the council when all workers, across the cadres would be wearing the local fabric.

He explained the essence of the innovation was to ensure continuity in the trade, “which is seen more of a culture and heritage of our people than mere trade.”

If just this, I am loving it, but I hope it is not to turn into some MANDATORY action!

Aloy`Emeka:

According to him, “Everybody that is somebody, including His Excellency, the governor downward would be implored to wear the tie and die on specific days of the months, which are still being worked out.”

The chairman, popularly called ‘‘solution,’’ said the latest efforts to promote the Adire revolution was to prevent reoccurrence what happened to Nigeria, which willfully and brotherly gave palm oil seedlings to Malaysia, thereby innocently empowering the Asian country to become the largest exporter of processed palm products to the rest of the world.

“I am shocked on a visit to China to see factories producing die and die of various designs, colour and attraction and I said to myself if a people can transfer somebody’s technology to here, then, we just have to start a new revolution of sort in what naturally is our heritage,” the council boss said.

I was just in church the other day and noticed Adire was somehow missing. I watched the members dance past me in their church best and wondered where Adire and Asoke went.

I think it is a great idea, as long as we are not going to inject the NIGERIAN FACTOR in to it all at the end of the day.

What exactly makes this wrong?

LOL, I love my city, so proud of it!!!


Repping our culture all the way- what other state can boast of that?

haha lmfao dis is funny- im sooo americanized but i always say sooner or later by the age 28 you wont find me wearing english attire.

Its true chinese people are even exporting ghanian traditional clothes to ghana lmfao. Bastardssss

Is it cost effective? Washing adire every week will make it look like a rag before the end of the semester besides, will it be comfortable for the kids?. The heat that emanates from the roof in their classroom is enough discomfort already. Adire will not be suitable for exercise as these kids play around during recess. Kids in government primary schools in todays Nigeria come from poor homes, how will their parents who can hardly afford their school fees be paying for routine adire attires?. Let us learn to get our priorities right.

FL Gators:

what is adire?

[img]http://64.78.29.176/images/uploads/Nigeria_GasaliAdeyemo.jpg[/img]

FL Gators:

Basically adire is native clothings, right?

And they call Ekiti bush. wow

Yes; What makes this idea bush this time around?

I hail Abeokuta South Local Government Area!
This is the sort of self confidence we need to develop. No country can develop without self pride and looking inwards for solutions.

--Digression--
I see no reason why Nigerian judges still wear wigs that portray white people's hair. To be honest, I hate our legal attire; it reminds me of our high levels of colonial mentality.

We must be ourselves.

FL Gators:

Basically adire is native clothings, right?

And they call Ekiti bush. wow

naw you are the only person in all of Ekiti kete fountain of knowledge who doesnt know what adire is lmfao

@post -English uniforms are more costly than indigenous made clothes.

FL Gators:

Lol that shnitzel cracks me up, esp in Nollywood films
So you dont find it bush?

t baby im dissapointed in you and its not bush.

FL Gators:


So you dont find it bush?

No I don't find it 'bush'. I only think it's not feasible due to some factors.

FL Gators:

Okay, I admit
Just thought I had the chance to yab Abeokuta

[b]I sometimes wear my native clothes to lectures se[/b]f. Put some jeans on it too. sexy

@Aloy
I see.

I bet you don't know the name of the native you are wearing.

this is cool. . .hope they sew it cute

FL Gators:

eh ehn, ankara and buba. no long thing

You wear them during the winter?. Do you also wear ankara lingeries?

Matter of fact I think they should have a choice between english or adire.

cool

FL Gators:

My husband will tell you

Your husband? Now I know you wear Aba made lingeries.

I don't think this is such a good idea. Apart from the disadvantages aloy named about the heat and how quickly worn out it would turn out to be, there is also the tribalistic nature of Nigerians to consider. Adire is regarded largely as a 'yoruba' material, not really a general Nigerian wear, and so some people (likely to be non-yorubas)would oppose this move by arguing that the school is trying to impose their yoruba cultures on the children. Those people might even go as far as refusing to enroll their children in those schools just because of the Adire uniform.
I am happy though, that Nigerians have started to think of upholding and preserving their cultures and not just blindly following the traditions of their colonial masters, but untill we learn to accept each other regardless of tribe or state of origin, a move like this would not be successful.

I forgot to add,  lol, that schools in other parts of Nigeria would see this as a competition and change their uniforms to whatever native attire is worn by the tribe in that part of the country. And after that, parents would decide to only send their children to schools where the native attire of their tribe is worn and that would inevitably lead to the dismal failure of this attempt at upholding Nigerian cultures.

Cyberfreak:

I forgot to add, lol, that schools in other parts of Nigeria would see this as a competition and change their uniforms to whatever native attire is worn by the tribe in that part of the country. And after that, parents would decide to only send their children to schools where the native attire of their tribe is worn and this would inevitably lead to the dismal failure of this attempt at upholding Nigerian cultures.

ROFLMAO!!! Kai!!!!

Cyberfreak:

I forgot to add, lol, that schools in other parts of Nigeria would see this as a competition and change their uniforms to whatever native attire is worn by the tribe in that part of the country. And after that, parents would decide to only send their children to schools where the native attire of their tribe is worn and that would inevitably lead to the dismal failure of this attempt at upholding Nigerian cultures.

Maybe, but anyone going to school in any part of Nigeria should be happy to learn the culture of the region including dressing. At the end of the day it should be the quality of the school that matters and not the uniform. I like the idea, but like evrything else in Nigeria implementation and maintaining of standard is our weak point

toyin, adire is not bush. Adire is tie-dye and its actually quite fashionable

At the end of the day it should be the quality of the school that matters and not the uniform.

Yes. But given how tribalistic Nigerians are, the uniform would most likely be what matters, rather than the quality of the school.