NAFEST 2019: OGUN EMERGES 1ST IN DRAMA, 2ND OVERALL IN NIGERIA

Ogun State, out of over 27 States that participated at the weeklong National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), in Benin City, Edo State from Saturday, 19th to Saturday, 26th October 2019, has won the first position in drama. 

  

Announcing the result at the official closing ceremony of the event, held at the University of Benin Sports Complex, Benin City, our correspondent at the festival, Bimbola Ojo gathered that the gateway state came 2nd overall position at the festival. 

The Chairman House Committee on Information, Culture and Tourism in Ogun State, Hon. Yussuf Adejojo, while speaking with journalists after the award presentations, thanked Edo State Government for hosting the festival of unity. 

Adejojo thereafter commended the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun for his kind gestures to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, saying his support made the State stand out among its contemporary while assuring the ministry of the continued support of the Governor. 

The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Ogun State, Alhaja Selimot Ottun, expressed her profound gratitude to Governor Abiodun for his moral and financial supports towards the festival while appreciating all the state’s contingents who had in one way or the other contributed immensely to the success, saying this has brought fame to Ogun State. 

The Director of Culture in the Ministry, Mr. Oluwaseye Adeyemo, on his part urged the staffers in the ministry to continue with the spirit of oneness, which he said, is the secret behind the State’s successes, noting that “united we stand, divided we fall”. 

In his closing remark, the Host Governor, Godwin Obaseki said the festival is a huge success, which had broaden the knowledge of all participants about the diverse cultures in the State and had also created an avenue to display culture in the last seven days. 

Represented by his deputy, Rt. Hon. Comrade Philip Shaibu, the Governor urged everyone to take back to their various States, the knowledge acquired, improve on it, to promote sustainable peace and unity, provide employment opportunities and improve the Nigerian economy.