Ofada Rice Day: Top celebs, OfadaBoy, Food Experts Thrill Audience
Ofada Rice Day, the biggest food festival in Nigeria, hosted by foremost indigenous Restaurant and Outdoor Catering Company, OfadaBoy in partnership with Lagos State Government has gone but food lovers cannot forget the thrilling experiences.
At the third edition of the event, top entertainers and notable brands including Bet9ja, Malta Guinness, Origin, Maggi, O-Gas, Toju Prima thrilled over four thousand attendees, THECONSCIENCEng.com reports.
The carnival like event themed Ijoya was a mix of food, entertainment and poetry to promote Nigeria’ s most nutritious brand of rice, Ofada Rice with popular super stars like Brother Shaggi, Saga of the just concluded Big Brother Naija, Kenny Black, Sir Shina Peter, Awesome Band, SBLive and B-Red in attendance to add colour to the fun.
It was also a time for poetry renditions to drive home the core message of promoting African cultural heritage as Jimi Sholanke, Beri-Ola drumers, Squard-One gave their best to thrill the crowd.
The combination of Mr. Hyenana, Kiekie and MC Ajele and others was electrifying with the crowd calling for more.
Speaking at the event, Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture represented by Permanent Secretary of the ministry Mr. Akeem Adeniji said the State’s presence and partnership with OfadaBoy was a statement of the government’s readiness to increase acceptability and promotion of ofada rice beyond the shores of Nigeria.
He added that the partnership was a strategy to increase the quantity of ofada rice consumption amongst the sixteen million bags of rice consumed daily in Lagos.
Adeniji further disclosed that ofada rice is unique and very special both to Lagos State and the entire South West of Nigeria.
He applauded OfadaBoy and his team for putting up a massive show after the stakeholder’s symposium.
In his Welcome address, Chief Executive Officer, OfadaBoy and Convener of Ofada Rice Day Festival, Oluwatobi Fletchers said the idea of promoting Ofada Rice Day aligns with the company’s belief in promoting food and other ideas that are indigenous.
The festival brought in a new dimension with the symposium that was held in October 2021, where we discussed the business and the opportunities available for stakeholders in the international as well as the local space.
“I stand here today elated that we are making history in expanding the frontier of making ofada rice story known to the world through constructive discussion, deliberations and fun that will deepen the conversations and promotion as desired.
“We thanked Lagos State Government, the entire ministry of Agriculture, sponsors, supporter and vendors including Bet9ja, Coca-Cola, Malta Guinness, Toju Prima, Origin, Maggi, Tino Electronic and others for standing by the brand from first edition, ” he concluded.
