OCCUPATIONAL VAT DYEING PRACTICES IN THE KANO METROPOLIS OF NIGERIA- Part 1: Demographic/Socio-economic Characteristics of the Dyers and Composition of the Dyeing Enterprises
OCCUPATIONAL VAT DYEING PRACTICES IN THE KANO METROPOLIS OF NIGERIA- Part 1: Demographic/Socio-economic Characteristics of the Dyers and Composition of the Dyeing Enterprises
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Date
2021-08
Authors
Abdullahi, S.
Nkeonye, P. O.
Yakubu, M. K
Gumel, M. S
Iliya, E. B.
Arigbede, O. O
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Nigerian Journal of Textiles (NJT) A Publication of Textile Researchers Association of Nigeria (TRAN)
Abstract
Application of natural indigo vat dye is a popular traditional craft among many Nigerians particularly Hausa
and Nupe in the north, Tiv in the middle belt and Yoruba in the west. Due to continuing decline of traditional
indigo dyeing and availability of synthetic dyes, most occupational dyeing in Kano metropolis today is done
with vat dyes and chemicals. The aim of this paper is to assess the demographic/socio-economic
characteristics of the dyers as well as the nature and composition of the dyeing enterprises in Kano metropolis.
The study was conducted among 1387 dyers and further information was obtained through focus group
discussion, observation and records. Data were analysed by descriptive statistics (frequency and average)
using statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) software. Findings revealed that majority of the dyers
were male within the age range of 18 to 65 years (mean= 31.27± 7.59). Most of the dyers are natives with
some level of western education. They have varying job specifications where majority have learnt the art of
dyeing by apprenticeship with work experience ranging from 5 to 31 years (mean= 11.11± 5.01) and about
one half of them earning more than the minimum wage for civil servants in Nigeria. Vast majority of the dyers
work as informal groups employing huge labour and operating in the neighbourhood of residential houses.
The study recommends that the dyers should be encouraged to become formal in order to gain from Federal
Governments’ incentive to entrepreneurship development. The State Government in its part should create
effective policies and intervention strategies that will sustain and improve on the venture since it has
propensity to employ huge labour
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