Yay or Nay: Bukola Saraki Calls For the Use of Aso-Oke in Making School Pupils’ Caps & Cardigans
The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, on Sunday in Ilorin launched “Skill Acquisition, Training and Empowerment Programme (STEP)” to empower 40,000 youths in the state.
Saraki explained that the programme was aimed at empowering the youth in the state.
The president of the senate stressed the need to arrest the increasing unemployment and youth restiveness across the country for meaningful development to take place.
He said the Senate was considering the use of local fabric “Aso-Oke” as material for school pupils’ caps and cardigans to provide large number of jobs and generate enough revenue.
He shared the following on his Twitter handle after the event:
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