FG approves Mondays and Wednesdays
every week, as Made-in-Nigeria Dress Days
- Govt moves to effectively implement the
policy in a manner that would encourage
all Nigerians to conveniently observe the
Made-in-Nigeria Dress Days
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led
government has approved the adoption
of Mondays and Wednesdays every
week, as Made-in-Nigeria Dress Days
across the country, TVC reports.
The approval was contained in a letter
from the Federal Ministry of
Information and Culture, dated April 4,
2017, and addressed to the Executive
Secretary of National Institute for
Cultural Orientation (NICO), Barclays
Foubiri Ayakoroma.
Federal government
declares Mondays,
Wednesdays as
Made-in-Nigeria Dress Day
Federal government declares Mondays,
Wednesdays as Made-in-Nigeria Dress Day

The letter, signed by Umar Lamba for
the Permanent Secretary, Ayotunde
Adesugba, reads in part: “The Federal
Executive Council (FEC), at its meeting of
Wednesday, 1st February, 2017, has
approved the adoption of Mondays and
Wednesdays of every week as Made-in-
Nigeria Dress Days as part of measures
to uplift the nation’s culture and
promote Made-in-Nigeria textile
products."
It was also gathered that the federal
government directed that a presentation
on the Made-in-Nigeria Campaign be
made to the National Economic Council
to secure the buy-in of state
governments.

It is in this regard, the Minister of
Information & Culture, Lai Mohammed
directed the Management of NICO to
provide a comprehensive proposal on
how to effectively implement the policy
in a manner that would encourage all
Nigerians to conveniently observe the
Made-in-Nigeria Dress Days.
NAIJ.com also gathered that the
Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr.
Barclays Foubiri Ayakoroma, told
described the development as one of the
major breakthrough so far recorded by
his administration in the Institute.