Views and the “National Friday Wear”

Abstract

The study investigated 180 students, purposively selected, to get their views on the “National Friday Wear” programme. The data were collected and analysed using a structured questionnaire and the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS/PG) software respectively. The respondents were quite young – between 18 and a little over 28 years of age. The females were 64% and males, 36%. About 93% said the programme was laudable or cultural and economic reasons. There was a wide gap between knowledge and practice as 85.6% knew about the programme and 41.5% practiced it due to financial constraints. However, locally-produced fabrics were preferred to be used to sew garments to use as “Friday Wear” because of their beautiful colours and motifs that depicted Ghanaian culture. There was no significant difference (P≤0.05) between gender and views about the programme. If textile raw materials are subsidized by government. Ghanaian industries might produce affordable and beautiful fabrics for garments to be worn on Fridays in Ghana. This may enhance the success of the programme.