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Lagos Ready To Host 2022 NAFEST
The Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Lagos State, Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, says the state government is ready to host the 2022 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST).
Akinbile-Yusuf said this yesterday at the Preliminary Meeting on 35th Eko NAFEST 2022, organised by the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) in Abuja.
“We are here to appreciate God and to sincerely appreciate the Director-General of NCAC and members of the council for the honour to host the 2022 NAFEST.
“We are indeed glad to bring the greetings of Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the entire members of the executive council of Lagos State because they are ready for this event.
“We are warming up to host the nation towards the end of the year when we will be celebrating our festival, culture, arts and black race.
“So, we are here to show that we are ready for this and we appreciate every necessary arrangement that needs to be put in place before the event takes place.
“We want to understand the rudiments around it. Lagos, as all are aware, is a state of excellence and we want to put the excellence that we are known for into this festival that we are to host in November this year.
“We want to assure you that you will find it as one of the best festivals,’’ commissioner said.
The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Bonu Solomon, said that instead of a seven-day NAFEST, the Local Organising Committee (LOC) was planning to hold it for 14 days.
Solomon, who is also the Chairman of LOC in the state, said that seven days would be used for pre-NAFEST where all local governments would showcase their arts and culture.
He said that after this exhibition, the main NAFEST programmes would hold for seven days.
“Lagos State Government is fully prepared for this programme and Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is ready to host the nation.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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