Daily Post Nigeria EKIFEST 2024, opportunity to showcase talents, culture – Commissioner Home News Politics Metro Entertainment Sport News EKIFEST 2024, opportunity to showcase talents, culture – Commissioner Published on June 7, 2024 By Emmanuel Ani Ekiti State Commissioner for Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Professor Rasaki Ojo-Bakare has said that the forthcoming Ekiti State Festival of Arts and Culture (EKIFEST) is a viable means of exposing talents and cultural potential of the state to the world. To this end, the commissioner appealed to the people of the state to take advantage of the five days programme which will run between the 6th and 10th of August, 2024, to showcase their talents and culture by attending the programme. Addressing journalists in Ado Ekiti, the commissioner said all strategies have been put in place to ensure adequate security of lives and property of tourists and as well give them a positive impression about the state.
The commissioner said EKIFEST, which is an annual flagship, was created to project the exhibitions of talented individuals at the grassroots, in a bid to put Ekiti on the map of global culture. He said, “We are here to tell you that Governor Biodun Oyebanji has given us marching order to host EKIFEST beginning from 6th of August to 10th, 2024 and it has to be the best EKIFEST ever. “EKIFEST started because of the need to create a platform for the local government to bring what they have to the center for the purpose of .
