Ayodele Olalere
Chairman of the Diaspora Commission, Hon. Abike Dabiri- Erewa, has solicited the support of the Lagos State Government in providing operational and logistic supports to the Commission for the successful hosting of the second edition of the Door of Return festival holding, in Badagry, in October, this year.
While on a courtesy visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday, Dabiri solicited the support of state government as the chief host of the festival.
The governor said it was heartwarming that there were still people who had passion and believed in national heritage, adding that the festival would open Badagry corridor for tourism and promised to support the Commission.
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Responding to the request of including the festival in Lagos tourism calendar, the governor said the modality and well detailed plans would be looked into when the Commissioner for Tourism comes on board in the state.
He appreciated the Commission for the visit and thanked Badagry community as well as stakeholders for being receptive to tourists.
In her response, Dabiri said this year’s festival would mark 400 years of the history of slave trade in Africa, adding that the slaves were taken out of Badagry through the Point of no Return.
She stated that the purpose of the visit was to intimate the governor on the project saying the festival would enable the commission to build a permanent Door of Return platform to further promote tourism in the area.
