Tuesday, 25 May 2021

Students Promote Heritage During Student Week

Students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism promote cultural heritage through dressing and activities on the Cultural Day during the 2021 Student Week of the institute.

The Cultural Day which fell on the second day of the one-week lecture-free is a day used to celebrate the cultural heritage of the students, where they are expected to wear attires that promotes their culture and participates in activities that celebrate it.

Students came in different beautiful attires representing various Nigerian culture which they are from, the Hausa/Fulanis, Yorubas, Igbo and other various culture in Nigeria.









Some students who are from a certain culture even came to the event dressed in an attire known for another culture, to show their love and camaraderie for each other.


. Ubani Raymond extreme-left and James Abraham exteme-right, southern Nigerians in Agbada.

Students Hold Cultural Drama and Dance

A stage drama and cultural song and dance were performed on the stage in the school hall to entertain guest and students who came to the event.
These activities were organised and performed by students who are cultural program presenters at the school radio, Pen Radio with the support and contribution of other students. Damilola Mc OmoMummy, Oyetunde Okikioluwa, Abosede Hannah, Adizue Kingsley Chukwuebuka, Ibrahim Firdaus, Ajayi Olajumoke, Nura Yusuf and some other students acted the play titled "The Gatekeeper" written by Mc Omomummy, and did the drama and cultural dance.





A recording of the cultural day program was also made available on Instagram NIJ Cultural Day IG Video


At the end of the event, students who identify with each other either as tribesmen or kinsmen, classmates, colleagues and friend took pictures at the specially decorated photograph stand.






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