The wife of Ogun State Governor, Mrs. Bamidele Abiodun, who doubles as the founder, Ajose Foundation, is organising the First Lady’s Adire Market Week scheduled to hold between Thursday, April 7 and Saturday, April 9, 2022, at the June 12 Cultural Centre, Kuto, Abeokuta.
According to a statement signed by the Press Officer, Office of the Ogun First Lady, Kemi Oyeleye, the Adire market week, is meant to build on the gains of the successful launch of the adireogun.com to promote financial inclusion for women-owned businesses, enhance the tourism potential in the state and to further help Ogun continue to set the pace as the adire capital of the world.
She said the event would showcase and promote authentic adire products from 150 exhibitors in the state, as well as the works of traders, fashion designers, models and other players in the adire industry, with at least 5,000 local and international participants expected at this year’s edition, thereby giving stakeholders in the industry the opportunity to showcase their products to the global market.
