Obinna Chima, Editor, THISDAY Saturday
EDGY OPTIMIST BY Obinna Chima
Tade Wasiu is a fashion designer with an uncommon flair for fine fabrics and exceptional craftSmanship. He has carved out a niche for himself in African fashion and is renowned for making some of the finest dashikis, Kaftans, Babanrigas, and female Buba designs. Wasiu’s success story began in Ilogbo, a ghetto in the Ojo area of Lagos, before he moved to Surulere, Lagos.
“The tailoring job kept me away from the streets and helped me to engage in something productive,” he said in a recent interview.
Still, Wasiu is worried that he has not been able to access any form of support from the government. Having spent more than four years in the business, he is faced with a litany of challenges common with small businesses in the country.
