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Culture comes home!!!

Posted by EDOFEST 2009 on November 1, 2009 at 8:53pm
TWENTY FOUR years after the then Bendel State hosted the last festival of arts and culture, Edo State government has disclosed that plans were at advanced stage to host the first Edo Festival of Arts and Culture, tagged Edo-FEST 2009, on Private Public Partnership Initiative (PPPI) basis in November 2009. The state Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Honorable Vincent Akhere, who stood in for the state governor, Adams Oshiomhole, said the festival would be a prelude to series of programmes aimed at reviving the state’s lost glory in the area of arts and culture. Honorable Akhere said that Comrade Oshiomhole was very desirous of reviving the cultural heritage of Edo people to ensure that the state remained the cultural destination of Nigeria, adding to this end, the state government wants to collaborate with the private sector in the organization of the festival. Would be sponsors of the festival, it was further gathered, would be given incentives and other benefits.Consequent upon this, it was learnt that commercial banks and multinational companies are already rushing to be part of the event. Notable artists from Edo State like Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Alex Usifo, Sam Loco Efe, Sir Victor Uwaifo, and others within the country would grace the occasion.
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