The Emir of Ilorin and chairman, Kwara State Council of Chiefs, Alh Ibrahim Sulu-Gambari, has expressed delight over the recognition being accorded the Ilorin Emirate annual grand durbar by the international community.
LEADERSHIP reports that the Ilorin annual durbar holds every second day of Eid- el- Kabir festival.
Sulu- Gambari spoke in his palace,Oja- Oba, Ilorin, Kwara State when he received members of the Ilorin Emirate Durbar Committee led by its chairman, Engr. Yahaya Alapansanpa.
The durbar committee’s members were in the Emir’s palace to receive royal blessings ahead of the commencement of the 2024 durbar activities.
The Emir expressed delight over the support the committee had gotten from sons and daughters of Ilorin Emirate, local, state governments and the multinationals.
He urged members of the committee to keep up the good work they were doing, assuring them of his support at all times.
“I have absolute trust and confidence in the leadership and members of this committee. I want to plead with you to continue to work in unison for the progress of the Emirate. It is a common knowledge that Ilorin is a unique community to reckon with”, the Emir said.
Earlier, the chairman of the Durbar committee,Engr Yahaya Alapansanpa, had thanked the Emir for the confidence he reposed in the committee’s members and pledged to make the 2024 grand durbar more remarkable.
Meanwhile, the management of Sugar Film Factory, Ilorin, has entered into a partnership with the durbar committee on the coverage of the he 2024 edition of the cultural event.
The managing director of the factory, Mr Gbenga Titiloye made the pledge during a meeting with the members of the durbar committee in Ilorin.
“The factory will project the Ilorin Emirate durbar positively and showcase the rich culture and economic benefits derivable, particularly to the international community. I believe that doing this will erase erroneous notion some people have about Africa.
“Such coverage will propagate the rich African culture to the western world as most of the potentials in Ilorin Emirate are money spinning ventures, which if well tapped, will boost the economy of not only the state but that of the entire nation and Africa at large”, he said.
Titiloye said that Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq established the factory to divert traffic and open Kwara to the International community for film production and training of broadcasters as well as discourage brain-drain in the industry.
He added that Kwara plays a frontline and unique role in film production in Nigeria.
