Govt rolls out drums for annual Greater Lagos Fiesta to mark Christmas, New Year

The Lagos State Government has said its annual end-of-the-year entertainment event, ‘Greater Lagos Fiesta,’ will hold next week in all the five divisions of the state.

The Special Adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Femi Martins, noted on Monday in Alausa, Ikeja, that the fiesta was aimed at engaging and entertaining Lagos residents as the year winds down.

He added that the event would be held from Thursday, December 29 into the wee hours of Sunday, January 1, 2023, to usher in the New Year.

He said the event, where a lot of Grade A artists are expected to entertain Lagosians, was in continuation of Sanwo-Olu administration’s passion to meet the yearning of the public and promote tourism, arts and culture through entertainment.

Martins, who briefed journalists in company with the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Pharm. Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Gboyega Akosile, and other state officials, said the annual fiesta would take place simultaneously at designated centres in Ikorodu, Epe, Ikeja, Badagry and Lagos Island.

He said over 10,000 fun seekers were expected to throng each of the venues of the Greater Lagos Fiesta daily in Ikorodu Town Hall, Epe Recreation Center, Agege Stadium, Badagry Grammar School and Eko Atlantic City. 

Martins said, “The event will promote and have a positive impact on the economy of the state, which will result in a boom. We appeal to corporate organisations to partner Lagos State Government to make the event successful.”