Diaspora Commissioner receives Award on Creativity
Thu, Nov 1, 2018 | By publisher
Award
Sally Mbanefo, Anambra State commissioner for Diaspora Affairs, Indigenous Artworks, Culture and Tourism, has received an award on creativity, packaging and performance.
The award, which was received at the end of last 31st edition of the National Festival For Arts and Craft, NAFEST, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, was in recognition of the outstanding performance of Anambra Cultural Troupe.
The festival was organised by the National Council for Arts and Culture to promote peace, national integration and unity as well as to showcase and hunt for young talents in skills acquisition and creativity.
The commissioner, who was represented by Tony Ezenwaka, permanent secretary, said the award and recognition confirms the position of Anambra as a performing and culture-loving state, with a culture-loving governor.
According the commissioner, the state lived up to its billing in terms of cultural displays, especially as it concerned the cultural troupe performance.
“The cultural troupe made very spectacular displays that thrilled the audience and it earned the state a certificate and a trophy,’’ the commissioner said.
Mbanefo added that the magnificent performance of the state compelled the organisers to invite the troupe to the State Banquet Night, which was exclusively for the state.
She, however, commended the effort of Willie Obiano, Anambra State Governor, in promoting culture, arts and craft in the state to a level of becoming a source of revenue generation.
The commissioner noted that a lot was being done to package the state into becoming first choice destination for tourists.
Mbanefo urged the troupe to ensure better performance in next year’s festival and not just in the area of cultural displays but also in arts, craft, essay writing and many more.
– Nov. 1, 2018 @ 18:39 GMT |
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