UNILAG In Golden Jubilee Celebrations With Carnival

The 50th anniversary celebrations of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, kicked off recently with a carnival at the main campus. The programme coordinator, Cornelius Onyekaba, said the school initiated the carnival, as part of the activities lined up for the celebrations.
The event highlighted the cultures and........
carnival styles of countries like Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, Ghana, India, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and South Africa. Our reporter learnt that the carnival would be the official event of Creative Art department and other faculties of the university and the Theatre Art and Music of the Lagos State University (LASU). The organizers had a hectic day coordinating the event, which featured large turnout of participants from different schools.
 One of the participants at the carnival, who gave her name as Shola, a 400 level Creative Art student, described the event as a feast of fun in spite of the crowd. ‘It is not easy but it is fun, am enjoying myself. It is not easy to be 50’, she said.
 The carnival kicked off at 11:15 a.m. within the campus premises, from the Senate House parking lot to the Main Gate, to the Faculty of Education, Ransome-Kuti, Distance Learning Institute (DLI), Health Centre, Staff-School, Science, Moremi Car-Park and back to Senate House Parking Lot. The highlights of the occasion were performances by upcoming artistes, music, dance and fireworks.