Foremost indigenous restaurant and outdoor catering company, OfadaBoy has organized Ofada rice Day in conjunction with the Lagos State Government, with participants applauding organisers of the event.
The event was witnessed by top entertainers including Brother Shaggi, Saga of the just concluded Big Brother Naija, Kenny Black, Sir Shina Peter, Awesome Band, SBLive, and B-Red, and notable brands including Bet9ja, Malta Guinness, Origin, Maggi, O-Gas, among others.
The event themed ‘Ijoya’ was a mix of food, entertainment, poetry rendition to promote Nigeria’ most nutritious brand of rice, Ofada .
Honorable Commissioner for Agriculture represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr. Akeem Adeniji said that the State’s presence and partnership with OfadaBoy was a restatement of the government’s readiness to increase acceptability and promotion of ofada rice beyond the shores of Nigeria. He added that the partnership is a strategy to increase the quantity of ofada rice consumption amongst the sixteen million bags of rice consume in daily in Lagos State.
In his welcome address, Chief Executive Officer, OfadaBoy and Convener of Ofada Rice Day Festival, Oluwatobi Fletchers, said that the dream to make an available platform to tell the story of ‘’our brand of rice is a fact that the company believe and stay through to promoting food and other ideas that are indigenous.’’
Mr. Fletcher added that Ofada Rice Day in its 3rd edition is a statement of the fact that we are strong and proud of the natural blessing we have got. The festival this year themed Ijoya Brought in a new dimension with the symposium that was held in October 2021, where we discussed the business and the opportunities available for stakeholders in the international as well as the local space.