EKO HOT BLOG reports that no fewer than 50 indigene students would be awarded scholarships at this year’s celebration of the Kayokayo festival beginning, on Friday, in the Epe area of Lagos State.
This was disclosed by the coordinator of the 2022 Epe Kayokayo Festival, Otunba Gbenga Abass, at a press conference, held to unveil various activities lined up for the week-long festival.
Otunba Abass said there are many other benefits attached to the annual festival as people of the community would leverage its culture to unlock the economic potential of the town.
According to him, the annual Kayokayo festival in Epe is a veritable platform for the celebration of the history, heritage and greatness of the ancient town of Epe in Lagos State.
He said: “Culture is so important, that it is the key to development and it unlocks the economic potential of any community.
We are going to give scholarships to over 50 indigene students, medical outreach to take care of our people’s health needs, offer prayer for peace and unity of the country, novelty football match, cultural display, children’s party and other benefits are benefits of this year Kayokayo festival”, he said.
Also Speaking, the Olu Epe of Epe Kingdom, Oba Shefiu Olatunji Adewale, said that the festival is a religious and cultural carnival observed by the descendants of Oba Kosoko, who inhabited the area notably referred to as Eko-Epe in Epe.
The monarch said the festival is celebrated during the first month of the Islamic calendar in commemoration of ‘Yaom-al Ashura’ the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar which is about a month after the Muslim festival of Eid-El-Kabir.
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