Excitement, as Etteh Celebrates Ibeno's Rich Cultural Display

... As Afaha Eket born Legal Expert Pours Encomium On Special Duties Commissioner

It was fun, pomp, excitement and more as Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Special Duties gathered fun lovers across the State to celebrate the rich cultural display of Ibeno amazing and diverse culture.

Akata and Ekpe, both widely accepted masquerades in Ibeno had a huge crowd turned up to be entertained by traditional culture of the People.
The masquerades and its disciples all sang with their local dialect, dance and went around town as visitors, tourists and villagers all cheered the masquerades while taking beautiful pictures with the masquerades that were beautifully adorned with classic traditional attire. While local business men and women were busy making huge turnover, transporters weren't left out in the process as they also made high gains with the massive amount of commuters.

Speaking with an Eket-born legal practitioner, Godwin Edoho, he expressed joy at what he described as another major area of generating revenue.
" Take a look at Ethiopia, Brazil, Kenya, etc, these countries major source of revenue comes from tourism.

" Most tourists are inquisitive and interested in knowledge acquisition as they want to have first hand experience of Africa's rich cultural display and a peep into our artifacts.

" I'm excited to see the Commissioner, despite his schedules, having the time to celebrate with his people, mostly those at the grassroots and choosing to continue his tradition of spending the love season with the good people of Ibeno and his passion to ensure the culture of his people doesn't go into oblivion," the Afaha Eket born legal luminary posited.

Edoho while expressing his views pointed out that the former Chief Whip is not the usual politician who abandons the people after getting political office.

" He is a detribalised politician who embraces all persons irrespective of status, tribe or religion," Edoho quipped.

A villager who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the Akata masquerade only appears on very rare occasions.

The Commissioner who spoke briefly, thanked the people for turning out in large numbers to celebrate the festivity, stressing that the Government of Akwa Ibom State is committed to the promotion of rich cultural heritage of the State and the maintenance of tourism.

The masquerades went round Upenekang, a large community in Ibeno LGA to the amazement of visitors and followers of the culture.

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