National
telecoms operator, Globacom, has once again emerged as a key sponsor ofthe
annual Akwa Ibom Christmas Carols Festival which will hold on Saturday,
December 17th 2016 at the Uyo Township Stadium.
The 2016
Christmas Carol Festival which will be telecast live on AIT, Channels TV, AKBC
and DSTV is themed: “Let Our King Be Lifted High" and will feature
multiple award-winning international gospel artiste, Don Moen, the PRM band
from the United Kingdom, The Kayamba Africa Choral Ensemble and the Kenya Boys
Choir.
The event
will also feature other Nigerian gospel artistes including Buchi, Elijah
Oyelade, Julius Nglass, Steve Crown, Sammie Okposo, Esther Edoho, and Perfecta
Ekpo. Other performers are the The Ibom Orchestra, The Ibom Brass Band and the
Akwa Ibom State Government Choir and the renowned 10,000-man choir.
Globacom,
the exclusive telecoms partner of the Carols Festival, revealed in a
statement released on Tuesday in Lagos that the tremendous success
recorded in the 2015, event which had award-winning international gospel
artistes, informed its decision to sponsor the carol again.
“We fully
identify with the Akwa Ibom Christmas Carol festival which has become one of
the biggest crowd-pulling events of the Yuletide season. Our desire is to
follow the passion of Nigerians, and connect them with their passion,” the
statement read.
Mr Udom
Emmanuel, the Akwa Ibom State Governor and Chief host of the event has commended
Globacom for sponsoring the event once more.
It will
be recalled that in 2012, the event made history and was cited in the Guinness
Book of Records when it featured a 9,999-member choir which was reputed
to be the largest choir on the continent at that time.
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