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Ekiti Has Unique Brand In Culture -Foley Coker, NTDC Boss

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The Director-General, Nigeria Tourism Development Corporation, Mr Folorunso Coker has described Ekiti as one state which has a unique brand in its rich culture and value heritage.
Coker made the observation while receiving the delegation of the Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture, led by its Director-General, Ambassador Wale Ojo-Lanre in his office in Abuja.
The NTDC boss, who commended Ekiti State Governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi for his policy on value reorientation and cultural resuscitation, described Ekiti State as a paragon of immeasurable cultural heritage and pristine value which must be sustained for inter-generational upholding.
Coker said he would have been embarrassed if Ojo-Lanre has not been on top of the game as the Director-General of Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture because of his versatility, exposure and quality experience in branding and marketing of culture, arts, hospitality, tourism and music.
Coker promised to support Ekiti State in branding with a unique product identifiable with the people of the state.
Ojo-Lanre in his response commended Coker for his enlightenment and education on how to enhance the cultural values and assets of Ekiti for global visibility and acceptability.
On the trip with Ekiti Art and Culture boss to Abuja by were Alhaji Ganiyu Titilope Ibrahim, Permanent Secretary of the Council; Mr Festus Abegunde, Director, Ekiti State Standing Troupe and other members of Ekiti State Standing Troupe.
While thanking NTDC boss on behalf of the Ekiti State Council, Alhaji Ibrahim described the brief engagement as “an exciting period, full of illumination of the golden side of the cultural asset of Ekiti by a man who saw it from outside”.
He assured Coker of the Council readiness to collaborate and network with NTDC for the benefit of Ekiti State.
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