Badagry, an ancient city in Lagos State will host a historical, spiritual and entertainment event tagged ‘Door of Return’, where scores of Africans in the diaspora are expected to return to their motherland.
The event, which is the fourth in the series, which hold between Wednesday Octobet 19th and Saturday 21st in Badagry, Lagos.
The major highlight of the event, according to Jermain Sanwo-Olu, the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Diaspora Affairs and Foreign Relations, will see the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, walk through the door of return to welcome the Returnees, who would be led by Dr. Julius Marcus-Garvey.
Also speaking during a press conference at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre, Alausa, Ikeja, last werk, the Chairman of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM), Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, said the Door of Return festival would not only be of economic, physical and spiritual benefits to Lagos residents but also to people living in the diaspora.
Dabiri-Erewa said the unique and significant event would bring economic, physical and spiritual benefits to signify a return to the door of joy, peace, prosperity and progress.
Also speaking, Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Toke Benson-Awoyinka, said the State Government was committed to unveiling the hidden treasures of Badagry and Lagos State to the world through the Door of Return programme.
The Chairman, Lagos State House of Assembly Committee on Tourism and Culture, Hon. Solomon Bonu, promised that the lawmakers would do everything within the confines of the law to support the event.
