FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO INCORPORATE DRUM FESTIVAL INTO NATIONAL CALENDAR OF FESTIVALS

“”The drum festival keys into our objective of turning the creative industry into a thriving industry, one that provides jobs and promotes the economy. I will also appeal to the corporate world to partner with Ogun and support this festival by providing the much needed resources to ensure its sustainance’,he said.

“”This festival is important to Africa because it provides us an avenue to showcase our rich cultural heritage as well as an opportunity to preserve the culture for the future heritage’, the President added.

The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi in his remark noted that drum serves as a veritable instrument of inspiration, mentoring and motivation particularly in the Yoruba culture, while Nobel Laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, in his own remark

Soyinka who is the consultant to the Ogun Government on the festival, is expected to lead legends in a” Drum Walk” from Kuto to the Olumo rock in Abeokuta and also expected to co-ordinate an international conference with the theme: “Drum for Advancement”.

Penpushing report that the third edition, which began on Thursday, is an annual event organized by the Ogun State Government, which started in 2016 and drew participants from 20 states and 40 African countries as well as other foreign countries including Haiti, Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago.