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| Dr. Linda Ayade, Cross Rivers State First Lady |
Fashion designers and enthusiast based
in Cross Rivers State of Nigeria are getting excited in preparation for their hosting by the wife of the State Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade on Thursday,December 22nd, 2016 at the Transcorp Hotel Calabar. The platform is promises to be a huge opportunity for these fashion designers and models to showcase their colouful creations. The event will also feature an industry session for them to market
their brands. The event initiator/wife of Cross River Governor, Dr. Linda Ayade has said.
The event, is being packaged by the first lady's non-profit organization: Mediatrix
Development Foundation (MDF) in partnership with
Citenigeria.com, Africa’s lead tourism exposition platform.
In a statement to the media signed
by Mr. Fred Abua, her Special Assistant on media, the wife of the governor said
the event is aimed at supporting the tourism niche that Cross River is known
for.
“This platform seeks to showcase
the viability of the fashion industry in the state and an opportunity to
exhibit the essence of the building a garment factory in our state,” the
statement said.
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| Dr. Linda Ayade making a presentation at a social event |
On his part, Mr. Peter Ofuka, the
CEO of Citenigeria.com said apart from showcasing, the event shall also allow
for fashion designers to display and sell their brands to an expanded event
attendees, most of whom are visitors to the state.
While he urged fashion designers
and enthusiast to turn out en masse and judiciously taking advantage of the
opportunity to showcase their best to an international audience.
The event is said to hold with
sponsorship by Lafarge, Africa’s giant in cement manufacturing; while Cross
River Studios, House of Lavender, Mynx Events are great supporters of the
event.
Models from Leisure Quest Fashion
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| Helen Essien |
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| Blessing Chukwuma |
As at press time, several fashion
designers have already enlisted for the event and preparations including
auditions for models have already been concluded. This will be the biggest
opportunity of its kind to hit the city of Calabar.
Written by Eloho Ikede
& Obaji Akpet
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