Revamping education as well as empowerment of women and youths will be the focus of the Ogidi Day festival slated for next Saturday, National President Ogidi Development Union, Kayode Eniolrunda has stated.
He told reporters in Abuja the agrarian community will celebrate the new yam, showcase its culture and seek help in the execution of its development projects during the festival.
He said the community was determined to regain the comparative advantage in education it once enjoyed, by rehabilitating its educational infrastructure.
Eniolorunda pointed out rehabilitation of the Ogidi Community Secondary School had commenced, assuring some of the funds would be channeled towards further upgrading facilities in the school.
He stated cultural troupes from Osun, Lagos, Edo and Ondo states will join their counterparts from Ogidi to thrill at the ceremony during which awards will be given to deserving members of the community and non-indigenes alike.