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Wale Ojo Lanre sets agenda for rebirth of arts, culture, tourism industry in Ekiti State


Oredola Adeola |

Mr. Wale Ojo-Lanre,  new Director-General of Ekiti State Council of Arts and Culture, has set agenda for driving the arts, culture and tourism industry in Ekiti state, thereby making it attractive for domestic and international tourists.



Speaking during his inaugural meeting with the staff of the council who came to welcome him in his office at the Secretariat, in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday

 The DG  challenged them to be more efficient and proactive in their resolve to promote the state’s arts, culture and tourism potentials.

Focusing on his strategies for achieving short, medium and long term goals of the agency under his watch, Mr Ojo- Lanre affirmed his commitment to surpass the expectations of the Dr Kayode Fayemi led administration to repositioning and revitalising the Culture and Arts sector in the state.

He however solicited for the  cooperation of council’s staff in order to achieve the goals, imploring  them to create a positive attitude towards work.

He said, “The vision of Governor Kayode Fayemi for this agency must be accomplished, and we as the drivers of the vision must be proactive in our activities, acts, deeds and at discharging our duties promptly and efficiently.

Ojo-Lanre, who was impressed by the professionally electrifying performance of the state cultural troupe at the cultural centre described the troupe as one of the best in Nigeria.

He said, “The past has gone. We shall collectively explore the opportunities and turn the challenges facing the troupe to practically promote the state and put her on the world cultural map,” he said.

It is on record that the state’s cultural troupe came first in the 2017 edition of African Drums Festival, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

Ojo-Lanre urged the troupe members to work hard and maintain the first position in the forthcoming competitions.

Earlier in his welcoming speech, the Director, Administration and Supply of the council, Mr Rotimi Ijasan, lauded Governor Fayemi for the choice of Ojo-Lanre as the Director-General of the Council.

“The appointment of Wale Ojo-Lanre, tourism, arts and culture aficionado, as the Ekiti State Council of Arts and Culture boss is an answer to our prayers to make Ekiti State a tourism-model in Nigeria.

“No doubt, the doggedness and creative ingenuity of the Ojo-Lanre will propel in showcasing of Ekiti State to the world as a paragon of enviable arts and culture, with the state and her people benefitting immensely from the goodies of the money-spinning sectors,” Ijasan noted.

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