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<strong>The</strong> <strong>BusinessDay</strong> <strong>CEO</strong>, Aug <strong>2017</strong> | 16<br />
Imbibing our African culture into our wears brings<br />
authenticity into how we dress and this attracts<br />
foreigners who are starting to love our attires more<br />
than some of us.<br />
This is our culture, we should embrace it! Be proud of<br />
it! And of course love it!<br />
I understand that Nigeria is a<br />
developing country and that in<br />
cases regarding our economic<br />
growth for instance, we look to<br />
the developed nations for ideas<br />
and solutions. I also believe we<br />
can do that when it comes to our<br />
style but we shouldn't for any<br />
reason at all make our own<br />
culture take a back seat when<br />
dressing. Instead, these<br />
borrowed ideas should be used<br />
to enhance what we already<br />
have.<br />
Why do we make only one day of the week (Friday) the<br />
only suitable work day in Nigeria to wear natives? Why<br />
can't the wearing of natives to work regardless of what<br />
day it is be encouraged? Why not have it in such a way<br />
that native attires are worn Mondays to Thursdays and<br />
suit becomes an option to be worn on Friday or any<br />
other selected day.<br />
Even the Arabs wear their traditional attires to work<br />
and formal functions so why can't we?<br />
We need to recognize that a rising solution has come<br />
to at least better our native attires, not only in style<br />
but also to fit every occasion; formal or informal. Why<br />
don't we give it a shot?
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