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MTN Continues in its Drive for Cultural Renaissance, Supports Osun Osogbo Festival
As part of its efforts to promote arts and culture in Nigeria, the nation’s leading ICT Company, MTN Nigeria will again be supporting the Osun Osogbo Festival this year.
Set to hold from the 9th to 25th of August, 2018, the festival will see thousands of local and foreign tourists as well as Osun goddess devotees make their way to Osogbo, the capital of Osun State – named after the Osun Grove.
Celebrated for over a century, the Osun Osogbo Festival, which is a major socio-cultural event of the Osogbo people, was built around the relationship between the river goddess, Osun and the first monarch of Osogbo kingdom, Oba Gbadewolu Laroye.
Speaking on MTN’s support of the Festival, Adekunle Adebiyi, the Sales and Distribution Executive, MTN Nigeria said: “It is always an exciting experience when we get to support festivals every year. We enrich them, make them bigger and better.
“Osun Osogbo is one of such festivals and we are proud to be a part of the regal event again this year.”
MTN’s support of the Osun Osogbo Festival is part of its larger initiative, KultureFest, to make a positive and enduring impact on the country’s socio-cultural landscape through its support of festivals across the country.
The initiative is borne out of the desire to preserve and protect the country’s rich cultural heritage.
It puts various cultural festivals in the country on the international pedestal and also galvanises their potential to generate revenue for the communities and engender communal bonding.
Reiterating the essence of KultureFest, Adebiyi, added: “KultureFest is a major investment for us.
“We’ve been supporting festivals for over a decade now as we seek to promote culture and create affinity between the people of Nigerian communities and the MTN brand.
“We are picking 37 festivals across the country this year and I believe that by next year the number will increase.”
MTN has facilitated the renaissance of arts and culture in Nigeria, and through its Kulturefest initiative, the company has established itself as a strong pillar behind major festivals such as Osun Osogbo, Ofala Nnewi, Argungun and Anioma, among other festivals across the country.
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Legit.ng recently joined forces with the Shade of Life Foundation to become a voice of autism, and drive advocacy for improved media support during Autism Awareness Month.
Participants at the event
Conversations around media support exploration was led by Joseph Omotayo, head of Department for Human Interest Stories at Legit.ng, and Dr. Eziafakaku Nwokolo, founder and CEO of the Shade of Life Foundation,
This partnership is a response to the concerns raised by organizations like the Shade of Life Foundation about the level of support received from the media in discussing autism as a disability.
While other disabilities may receive attention, autism, with its critical developmental implications often lacks adequate representation in mainstream media.
Recognizing the importance of addressing these concerns, Legit.ng took proactive steps by integrating itself into the essence of autism awareness.
It facilitated a one-hour workshop with Dr. Nwokolo, the founder of the foundation, to deepen our understanding of autism, its various spectrums, and the language boundaries associated with it.
Other steps we took in advocating autism awareness in the media, can be seen in our attached press release.
Legit.ng believes that by amplifying the voices of autism and advocating for better media representation, we can contribute to creating a more inclusive and accepting society for all.
While 85 per cent of Nigeria is in darkness, Tanzania, an African country has shut down five hydroelectric stations in a bid to reduce excess electricity in the national grid.
Kassim Majaliwa, prime minister, Tanzania, has said the main plant, Mwalimu Nyerere Hydroelectric Station, alone generated enough electricity to power major cities, including Dar es Salaam, the country’s commercial hub.
It is the first time Tanzania, which suffers chronic power shortages, has closed hydroelectric stations due to excess production.
“We have turned off all these stations because the demand is low and the electricity production is too much, we have no allocation now,” an official from state-run power company, Tanesco, said.
The 2,115MW Julius Nyerere Hydropower Dam is said to be almost filled with water following heavy rains that started early this year.
Meanwhile, while the country has an installed capacity of 1,938MW and the grid installed capacity of 1,899MW, Nigeria which has an installed capacity of 13,000MW is struggling to electrify 85 per cent of its electricity consumers.
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Jim Ovia, renowned banker and businessman, as the Chairman, Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund.
Jim Ovia
Ovia’s appointment is contained in a State House statement titled, ‘President Tinubu appoints Jim Ovia as Chairman of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund,’ and issued on Friday by Ajuri Ngelale, special adviser to the President, Media & Publicity.
The statement noted that “Ovia is the founder of one of Nigeria’s leading banks and a respected business leader, with a surfeit of efforts and benefaction towards nurturing and empowering young Nigerians.
“He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School and holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Louisiana.”
The National Student Loan Programme is a pivotal intervention that seeks to guarantee sustainable higher education and functional skill development for all Nigerian students and youths.
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, the implementing institution of this innovation, demands excellence and Nigerians of the finest professional ilk to guide and manage.
“The President believes Mr. Ovia will bring his immense wealth of experience and professional stature to this role to advance the all-important vision of ensuring that no Nigerian student suffers a capricious end to their pursuit of higher education over a lack of funds,” the statement partly read.
Ovia’s appointment will also ensure “that Nigerian youths, irrespective of who they are, have access to higher education and skills that will make them productive members of society and core contributors to the knowledge-based global economy of this century.”
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