4TH AFRICAN DRUM FESTIVAL COME TO A CLOSE

FOR WHATEVER HAS A BEGINNING, DEFINITELY MUST HAVE AN END, THE FOURTH AFRICAN DRUM FESTIVAL, THE LAST BY THIS CURRENT ADMINISTRATION HAS ALSO BEEN SENT TO THE HISTORY BAG

THE THREE DAYS EVENT WAS ABLE TO PROOVE ITSELF AS ONE OF THE BEST EVER AS THE TEN THOUSAND CAPACITY AMPHITHEATER BUILT WITHIN THE ONGOING BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS THE ICING ON THE CAKE
DIFFERENT PERFORMANCES FROM AFRICAN COUNTRIES, STATES, INDIVIDUALS, SPECIAL PERFORMANCES MADE THE CLOSING CEREMONIES WORTHWHILE
THERE WERE FASHION PARADES BY MODELS DRESSED IN ADIRE ATTIRE AND THE GOVERNOR OF OGUN STATE, SENATOR IBIKUNLE AMOSUN WAS ALSO ON THE RUNAWAY

FROM DRUMS TO MUSIC IT WAS AS THE NIGHT WAS A SPECIAL ONE BEEN THE CLOSING CEREMONIES

GOVERNOR OF ONDO STATE, ARAKUNRIN ROTIMI AKEREDOLU WAS ABLE TO REGISTER HIS MIND ON WHAT HE HAS. EEN ABLE TO SEE AND WHAT IBIKUNLE AMOSUN HAS BEEN ABLE TO ACHIEVE WITH THE PROGRAM
TROPHIES AND CASH PRIZES WERE GIVEN TO BEST PERFORMING TROUPES AFRICA. GHANA, CHAD AND BENIN CAME FIRST SECOND AND THIRD RESPECTIVELY WITH FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS GIFT

STATES CATEGORY , GOMBE KWARA AND ONDO CAME FIRST SECOND AND THIRD WITH TWO MILLION ONE MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND RESPECTIVELY

SPECIAL PRIZES AND CASH GIFTS WERE ALSO GIVEN TO SPECIAL PERFORMANCES BOTH WITHIN AND OUTSIDE

GOVERNOR AMOSUN THANKED ALL FOR THE SUPPORT AND PROMISED TO ALWAYS CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE WHEN HE GETS TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

GOVERNOR IBIKUNLE AMOSUN WITH THE FOURTH AFRICAN DRUM FESTIVAL WAS ABLE TO WRITE HISTORY BY LAUNCHING AUTHENTIC ADIRE SEAL, UNVEILED A COMMEMORATIVE STAMP, HONOURS THE ANIKULAPOS BY PRESERVING THEIR HERITAGE, AND TO CAP IT ALL BUILT A TEN THOUSAND CAPACITY AMPHITHEATER

GOVERNOR ON THE RUNWAY

USED THIS FEZTIVAL TO MAKE ANOTHER STATEMENT

AFRICAN BEST TROUPE
GHANA 5000Dollars FIRST
CHAD 3000DOLLARS SECOND
BENIN 2000DOLLARS FIRST

MASTER DRUMMER INDIVIDUAL
SA 1000DOLLARS THIRD
IVORY COAST 2000 DOLLARS SECOND
MORROCCO FIRST 3000DOLLS

INDEPENDENT TROUPES
EKEMENE FROM AKWA IBOM FIRST 2million naira
YATOP SECOND 1millionnaira . THE SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

FOOYE 3rd 500k aira

STATES
KWARA SECOND 1million
ONDO THIRD 500k was
GOMBE FIRST 2Million

INDIVIDUAL SPECIAL RECOGNITION PRIZES 1million each

COTEDIVOIRE
ALGERIA
TOGO
MALI
HAITI
MOROCCO
CAMEROON
CONGO
TUNISIA
SENEGAL

OGUN STATE CULTURAL TROUPE 500k
MUSILIU
ADISA OGUNDELE
ABEDEEN OLATUNJI
OGUNDE THEATER
IJODI FOUNDATION
ENI AFE DE
AJEWOLE ONILUOLA
ARA THUNDER
AYANYINKA OLOWVANGAN
YOMI DURO LADIPO
OGUNDE TROUPE
UNIQUE FINGER