News | NAFEST 2017 Ends In Kaduna, Niger Contingent Excels In ‘Children Performance'.
Niger State contingent at the just concluded 2017 National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) in Kaduna have emerged sixth position behind Bayelsa, Kaduna, Lagos, Delta and Ogun States at the festival. A released signed by the Acting Director, Public Relations of the Niger State Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism, Mr. Peter Wakili Shatta revealed that 18 states including the FCT participated at this year’s NAFEST which saw Niger State among the best six performing states. Contingents from the state have performed wonderfully in Children Dramatization, arts, crafts and painting and traditional board games among others. He noted that since after the 1989 edition of NAFEST in Bauchi State, the Niger state performing arts department was only able to record success in this year’s edition through children performance. The Acting Director observed that The Niger state Governor, Alh Abubakar Sani Bello approved the participation of Niger State in good time, but the