There is respite for music lovers who had been wondering whether or not the Sanwo-Olu government would not hold the annual mega concert his predecessors staged in Decembers.
The government has announced that it will start on December 25 although under another name – Greater Lagos, which is the administration’s agenda tune.
It used to be One Lagos Fiesta.
Mr Solomon Bonu, the Special Adviser to the state governor on Tourism, Arts and Culture, disclosed this during the 2019 Coconut Festival, held in Badagry.
The theme of the festival that will run till January 1 is: ‘Simply Unforgettable’.
Bonu said that the event would hold in all the five divisions of the state simultaneously.
“We are maintaining the status quo; it will last for eight days, like that of One Lagos Fiesta.
“We are going to engage our people who want to buy and sell as well as those who want to enjoy themselves.
“Let me correct the impression in some quarters that the event will be held for one day. No. It is going to hold for eight days.
“The grand finale of the festival will come up at Eko Atlantic City in Victoria Island on Dec. 31 till the morning of Jan. 1, 2020.
“If you like, you can stay in your division and enjoy the festival, because as we are celebrating it in Eko Atlantic city, you will be watching and enjoying it in Epe, Badagry, Alimosho, Agege and Lagos Island,” he said.
According to Bonu, what will make this year’s festival unique will be the drum show “which has never happened in Africa before”, adding “there will be drones show too.
“We want to tell the world that we are capable; we want to let the world know that it is happening here in Lagos; you can live and do your business here if you are law-abiding,” he said.
The special adviser, however, said that the state government would not tolerate any form of carnival during the festival.
