Runsewe opens cultural borders with children’s day celebration

The Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has advocated for a special focus to be giving children as they are the only hope for the future successes of any nation.

This year’s Children’s Day celebration was organized by the NCAC in collaboration with the Korean Cultural Centre in Abuja under the theme “Our Children, Our Hope, came with a performance that project the cultural essence in humanity as the children display unity in diversity through their cultural attires.

Speaking at the celebration, the Otunba Runsewe explained that it is important to note that children are the hope and the future of the country and as such, their contributions to the development of the nation cannot be ignored.

He added that children are the building bricks of the future of any nation upon which we must heavily invest. 

“A child’s greatest need is education. This is where his or her intellect will be cultivated and knowledge of the universe acquired.”

The NCAC boss noted that this year’s event took an International dimension to emphasise that childhood is a very important period in the life of an individual and the need to lay a good foundation cannot be overemphasised. 

Runsewe maintained that NCAC and the Korean Cultural Centre midwifed this collaboration which will henceforth provide the children with a veritable platform to network and learn the principles of excellence, honour, integrity and good character needed to build a total human.

He however urged parents to morally fortify their children and protect them from the dubious immoral issues sweeping across the globe and the corruptive influence of the social media.

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In his remarks, the Korean High Commissioner to Nigeria, represented by the Director, Korean Cultural Centre, Mr Lee Jin Su expressed his delight in the positive collaboration between NCAC and the Korean Cultural Centre; a platform which has been able to bring children from different schools together to celebrate the 2021 Children’s Day.

While welcoming all the participating schools, Mr. Lee urged them to be good ambassadors of their different schools and to take advantage provided by the collaboration between the NCAC and the Korean Cultural Centre to network, build good friendship and develop their skills.

Among the schools that participated in the celebration were Government Secondary School (GSS) Tudunwada, Ohimowo International School, Mararaba and  Government Secondary School (GSS) Garki. 

Others are Baldan International School and Imatun International Academy, all in Abuja.

The celebration featured competitions in traditional chair-game dance, Gele tying, hair plating, Indigenous fashion show and contemporary dancing competition.

Certificates of participation were presented to the participating schools and prizes were also presented to the winners of the various competitive events by the Director General, NCAC and his host; the Director, Korean Cultural Centre.

Otunba Olusegun Runsewe while presenting the prizes to deserving winners urged all participants to see themselves as winners and prayed that they will continually bring honour to their families, schools and the nation at large.

Highpoint of the occasion was the rendition of the National Anthem with a saxophone by a seven year old Master Emmanuel popularly known as “Emma Sax.”

NIGERIAN TRIBUNE