Kaduna Deputy Governor, Others Get Plateau Community Awards

Plateau State indigenes resident in Kaduna is set to honour Kaduna State deputy governor Hadiza Sabuwa Balarabe, Senator Hezekiah Dimka, Hon Yusuf Adamu Gagdi and other top Nigerians with meritorious awards of excellence at its festival called, “Pusdung Kaduna 2022.”

Pusdung Kaduna is the annual Ngas festival of arts and culture which is celebrated with pomp and pageantry to exhibit the rich cultural heritage of the Ngas people from Plateau State and now living in different parts of the country and the world at large.

A statement issued by the chairman planning committee for the festival, Prince Gana Yilwatda said, that, Ngas community in Kaduna has a rich history that dates to the early 1920s.

According to him, “When the first Ngas native(s) settled in Kaduna, from then till now the Ngas community in the state have grown to be about the largest diaspora group of the Ngas people. Since 1992 when the first edition of the Pusdung Kaduna was held, it has continued to happen annually with the exception of times where there had been security challenges in Kaduna State.

“The theme for the 2022 Kaduna Pusdung is ‘The Resilience of Ngas People in a Challenging and Changing world’. The festival will feature – traditional dances, cultural displays, arts & culinary exhibition, folklore and poetry.”