Idoma Worldwide Carnival unveils harrysong, others as headline artistes

Organiser of Idoma Worldwide Carnival has unveiled heading artists for the tenth anniversary of the present.
They’re Dancehall star, Harrison Tare Okiri, popularly often called Harrysong; Afro-house artiste, Niniola Apata, popularly often called Niniola; Zeh Report label boss, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly often called Moveable and the veteran rapper, Gabriel Oche Amanyi (a.okay.a Terry G).

The theme for this 12 months’s pageant, which can be held on the St. Mary’s Major College, Otukpo, Benue State, is “Let’s Rejoice”.
The Chief Government Officer (CEO), DanHausawa Media Nigeria, Samaila Ogwuche, who spoke on the occasion on behalf of the President, Idoma Worldwide, Edwin Ocha, stated: “To hit a decade doing this with out sponsorship, aside from Chief Ocha who has invested a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands of Naira together with scholarships to mark the day, is value celebrating.

“The rationale for this carnival is to propel and mission the picture of Idoma nation in a optimistic mild. We’ve got performed a lot however not a lot is heard of us. We need to inform the world who we’re and name on the world to put money into Benue State. We are going to showcase the skills in Idomaland from Harmless Idibia (2Baba) to Dan Amokachi, Terry G and hundreds of thousands of different Idoma individuals doing nice and representing us.”

On the actions, he stated: “We are going to kick off with carnival the place we’ll give palliative to widows and supply scholarships. We could have bikers parade this 12 months, and cultural troupes from Kano, Katsina, Port Harcourt, Enugu, Lagos and others. We’re excited and looking out ahead to the occasion.

“What’s a carnival with out live performance and leisure? So, apart from the locals that can be entertaining for 4 days of the occasion, we simply need to make it extra memorable by bringing the A-list artists to be a part of the present. We’ve got comedians who may also be entertaining everybody. We are going to kickoff on December 23 and draw the curtain on December 26, 2022.

“We are going to start one other decade subsequent 12 months and, in fact, larger and higher however the focus now’s to have time this 12 months after which we will stay up for one other 10 years.”
Ogwuche revealed that scholarships have been awarded and serving to arms given out to 1000 widows, younger kids, and orphans.

“The carnival has employed over 100,000 individuals within the final 10 years by way of dancers, fashions. Yearly, we’ve got over 2000 contributors on the streets employed from completely different states. This 12 months, we could have stunning callisthenics. That is truly one of many greatest carnival initiatives within the Center Belt Nigeria, what we discuss with as North Central Nigeria so, it’s an incredible occasion.”

On safety in the course of the occasion, he stated: “There’s normal safety. We’ve got our personal inside safety measures. We are going to deploy the army, police and personal safety and intelligence businesses to protect and defend individuals on the 4 days of the occasion.”