Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode met with some editors last week, where he revealed the direction his administration is headed in the course of 2017.
The Lagos State Government (LASG) on Sunday said that the ongoing 2017 Lagos State Street Carnival holding in Ikeja, the state capital, was organised to discourage street carnivals by different groups which usually resorted into killings of innocent lives and other criminal activities.
Mrs Adebimpe Akinsola, the Special Adviser on Arts and Culture to Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ikeja.
Akinsola also the acting Commissioner for tourism in the state said, “This carnival is also organised to bring everyone onboard in a controlled manner so as to strengthen our unity as against street carnivals in other areas of Lagos.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Lagos State Street Carnival is ongoing at Ikeja, Lagos State.
LASG says 2017 Carnival to discourage vices of past street carnivals
