AISHA ABUBAKAR-ACHONU
The fashion industry, like many other sectors in the economy, has been negatively impacted by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, permanently changing lives, livelihoods and societies. The industry, during this pandemic, has witnessed loss of sales, resulting in many cancelled orders, store closures, job losses, and tough times for existing workers and suppliers. Adedayo Adejobi speaks with Founder Fashion Spaces, Aisha Abubakar- Achonu, who gives a bird’s eye view of COVID-19 impact on the fashion industry and how Nigerian fashion industry is navigating troubled waters
How has COVID-19 pandemic affected the Nigerian fashion industry?
I think it made people realise that fashion was not a basic need, during the lockdown, people were not buying fashionable pieces anymore. Most purchases were basic pants, T- shirts, Kimonos, convenient clothes that could be worn every day for their zoom meeting and at home. Professional women were buying things that are easy to u
Nigerian Volunteers Campaigning to Fight COVID-19
March 13, 2021COVID-19
DEPTFORD, New Jersey As many communities struggle with COVID-19, volunteers in Nigeria are stepping up to the challenge. In the Kano region, for example, community leaders spurred residents of the local communities to get tested for COVID-19. Lagos has hosted contact training programs to educate local communities. These programs have allowed members to care for their own community directly, which helped to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Volunteers in Nigeria have been trained to challenge dangerous misinformation and to provide help in contact tracing and testing.
Community Leaders Leading Testing
Local health officials noted that COVID-19 testing turnout in Kano was low. Misinformation had cheapened the impact of COVID-19, which led to some people denying its existence entirely. Health officials needed residents to submit to testing but they worried these beliefs would impede their goal. Community leader
By Ndubuisi Francis
The newly-appointed Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Saturday arrived Nigeria on a five-day working visit, two weeks after she assumed leadership of the global body.
The visit, designed to enable her appreciate the support of the federal government towards her emergence will see her holding discussions with President Muhammadu Buhari and other top players in the public and private sectors on how to leverage the WTO and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) to improve trade and the economy.
The former Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, who arrived the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja via an Ethiopian airliner with registration number, ET 911which touched down at exactly 12pm was received by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Nasir Sani-Gwarzo and other top officials of the ministry.
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