As indicated by a report from the Lagos State Government, the Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode on Wednesday named Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka and Mr. Rasheed Gbadamosi as Co-Chairmen of the Lagos at 50 Planning Committee, similarly as he communicated hopefulness that the festival will go far to exhibit Lagos in its full magnificence.
The Committee additionally has 10 others as individuals, including Hon. Habeeb Fasinro, Chief Olawale Cole, Mrs. Sarah Boulos, Mr. Abimbola Obafunwa, Prof (Mrs) Senapon Bakare, Mrs. Chika Balogun, Mr. Folarin Coker, Prof. Ademola Abass, Bolanle Austen Peter and Mrs Olufunmilayo Balogun as Secretary.
Senator Ambode, while initiating the Committee at the Lagos House, Ikeja, communicated trust in their capacity to convey a world class festivity, including that the chance of Lagos at 50, will manage the cost of the state to praise its past accomplishments, as well as to grandstand to the world its enormous possibilities for future development and advancement.
"Lagos State will be 50 years one year from now. 50 years is a noteworthy point of interest in the life of any individual, establishment or State. For Lagos State, it has been a memorable 50 years which should be fittingly commended," he said.
He said Lagos, in spite of being the littlest and most seasoned state in Nigeria, remains the main express that has not been separated to make more states since its commencement on May 27, 1967.
The Governor said that Lagos has kept up its status as the business capital of Nigeria and the most cosmopolitan State in the nation where people groups of each tribe, race and doctrine dwell gently with a magnificent record of religious resistance.
"Lagos is a place where there is openings, offering all inhabitants the opportunity to prevail in their livelihoods and attempts. Lagos gives employments to a bigger number of individuals than whatever other State in Sub Saharan Africa. Lagos is that place where you have an opportunity to make it in the event that you buckle down.
"Without a doubt, Lagos State has legitimized its creation. Aside from being the pacesetter and first among equivalents in the comity of States in the Nigerian Federation, Lagos State additionally involves a discernible position in worldwide undertakings particularly as the quickest developing super city on the planet.
"On account of all these, it is basic that we observe Lagos at 50. In observing Lagos, we should grandstand our social legacy. We should praise the dialect, expressions, sights and hints of Lagos. Observing Lagos is to observe Nigerian Unity and Progress since Lagos gives the union that keeps Nigeria together", he said.
He said a festival of such awesome noteworthiness requires legitimate and sufficient arranging, subsequently the initiation of the Committee involving regarded men and ladies whom he said had consummate comprehension of the desires of Lagosians, Nigerians and in fact the whole world.
The Governor additionally said with the recognized men and ladies that framed the Committee, he was rest guaranteed that Lagos would be phenomenally celebrated and the world would see Lagos in its full magnificence.
The terms of reference of the Committee , as indicated by Governor Ambode, incorporate to build up a far reaching program for the festivals; distinguish arrangement of occasions that will occur as a major aspect of the festivals; set up the coordinations necessities to guarantee a hitch free festival; recognize territories of conceivable joint effort with corporate associations and people for support; and in addition consider and make fitting suggestions on some other matter that will guarantee an effective and critical festival.
In his short comments, Professor Soyinka said the festival of Lagos at 50 would bear the cost of a phenomenal open door for the state to relate to the triumph, misfortunes and experience of the Black Race at home and in the diaspora.
He promised that individuals from the Committee would work diligently to guarantee that Lagos gets the merited and most befitting festival.
While recognizing the accomplishments of the state up until this point, Professor Soyinka compared the festival to one of the projects in past releases of Lagos Black Heritage Festival called the 'Dark in the Mediterranean Blue', saying "It is utilized to extend the dark race not only for the pioneer involvement and slave exchange, additionally as a social people."
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