Nigeria union of tailors, Isoko south celebrates tailors week.

·        Donate food items to orphanage home.

·        Calls Delta Govt to checkmate fake tax collectors.

By Kelvin Ohoror

The (NUT), Isoko South Chapter celebrate their Tailors Week 2017, donates food items to Ugholeh Orphanage home and used the event to call on the Delta State Government to checkmate fake tax collectors in the state.

Addressing newsmen after presentation of food items to Ugholeh Orphanage Home, Oleh, the Chairman of the Isoko South Chapter of the Nigerian Union of Tailors, Comrade Otobo Emmanuel asserted that, “we are celebrating Tailors week all over Delta State from on the 24^th to the 30^th of April. You will see what you are seeing here now in every local government in the state”.

Comrade Otobo also reiterate that” We are now in the era of change, and change must start from us as an individual. We decided to come out collectively as a union to make impact in the society and that is why we also went out to do environmental sanitation to tell the people it is good to keep our environment clean”.

He further noted that, today we are also at the orphanage home to give to the orphans, we want to share from the little we have, and with these, love will spread and radiate around, he noted.

Comrade Otobo also pointed out that, some of the challenges facing the Nigeria Union of Tailors, according to him, “The equipments we are using are obsolete, they are not modern and we don’t we don’t have access to good equipments to enable us follow the modern trend of fashion and design. If we can have access to modern equipments Delta State will be the leading state in Fashion and design”.

He also frowned at the manner the state government is collecting numerous taxes from them. “ Everyday you see different groups coming to us all in the name of taxes and this is scaring people away from doing their job especially this period of recession, people have not being able to pay their store rent. And we have to discover that some of them are fake and we are calling on the state government to checkmate them”.

Also speaking to newsmen the State Secretary of the Union, Comrade Richard Ewhre said that, Nigeria Union of Tailors is the only umbrella body that covers the whole tailors or fashion and design in the state and it is also the highest self-employed body in Delta State.

According to him, before now when you called NUT people think it is Nigeria Union of Teachers, but we are making them realize that NUT is Nigeria Union of Tailors. Actually God was the first tailor when He clothed Adam and Eve and as children of God and we are copying God.

Comrade Ewhre also asserted that, coming to the orphanage home today is unique to mark the tailors week, you can see how the children are jumping and happy. This group is not sponsored by the government. What we brought today in individually contributed.

He therefore charge the Delta State to always carry them along in all the activities that will benefit the Union been the highest self–employed Union in the state.

The one week long event ended with a novelty match between Irri NUT and Oleh NUT at the Isoko Central Primary School, Oleh and the scores was 1-1. And there was a thanksgiving service which was held at the Anglican Diocese Cathedral, Oleh.

MEMBERS OF NUT POSE WITH THE CHILDREN AND FOOD ITEMS DONATED TO UGHOLEH ORPHANAGE HOME