Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu on
Thursday night in New York City, United States announced Lagos, Nigeria as the
host city for the year 2020 Global Citizen Festival.
Sanwo-Olu who made the announcement during an
interactive session of global leaders, activists and entertainers said the need
to end extreme poverty by the year 2030, which is the aim the Global Citizen
movement be embraced by every leader around the world.
The Governor said that Nigeria, which has over 200
million people with half of that population living below the poverty line
requires concerted efforts by all and sundry to ensure that more people are
taken away from extreme poverty on a regular basis.
“I stand before you this evening to join my brothers
and sisters from Nigeria to announce to you that come September 26, 2020, we
would be hosting the world. We would be hosting the Global Citizen Festival in
Lagos, Nigeria. We are looking forward to it. It is the beginning of greater
things to happen to us as people from West Africa and indeed the entire African
continent.
“I will encourage the Federal Government of Nigeria
to invite leaders from countries in Africa and around the world to grace the
occasion. And as Governor of one of the 36 states in Nigeria, I will invite my
colleagues to come and make commitments on behalf of nearly one hundred million
poorest of the poor people in Nigeria so that by the year 2030, we would be
writing a different story about the situation of the poor masses in the
country,” Sanwo-Olu stated.
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Speaking on the event, the CEO of Global Citizen,
Hugh Evans, together with the CEO of Teneo, a supporting company, the historic
10 hour global broadcast event spanning five continents will reach every corner
of the world.
According to them, the idea is to spread the message
in a very loud and well-coordinated manner for every leader across the world to
hear and for them to see the urgent need to commit their knowledge and material
resources to help the poor.
The year 2019 festival will hold at the central park
in New York on Saturday.
Leaders in music and entertainment who have signed
on to the perform at the year 2020 Global Citizen Festival in Nigeria include
Usher Raymond, Pharell, D’banj, Tiwa Savage, Hold Space, Shawn Mendes among
other artistes.
The 10-hour live event will be supported by Lagos
State Government in partnership with live Nation and Delivered Production
Services, made possible by Messrs Tunde Folawiyo and Aig-imoukhuede who are
co-chair of Global Citizen, Nigeria.
Other panelists included Chairman of Motsepe
Foundation, Mr. Patrice Motsepe from South Africa, Musicians, Usher Raymond and
Pharell Williams.
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