In Ondo, students, workers to wear native dress Fridays

In an effort to promote culture and traditions in Ondo state, the Government has permitted workers and students in the state to wear native attire to offices and schools on Fridays.

This was made known by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mrs Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, on Tuesday.

According to her, “The council decided that from now on, workers in the state will be required to put on traditional clothes to work every Friday. And for students in the state, it is permissible from now on that they can wear traditional attires to school every Friday.”

Speaking on the development, the state Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Adewale Akinlosotu, explained that the council decided that for the state to preserve the Yoruba culture, public workers and students would start wearing native attires to work and schools on Friday.