Ofala Festival Kicks Off October 14 With Glo Sponsorship

<h4>Ofala Festival Kicks Off October 14 With Glo Sponsorship<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s biggest supporter of culture&comma; Globacom&comma; is throwing its weight behind this year&&num;8217&semi;s edition of Ofala Festival holding from October 15 in Onitsha&comma; Anambra State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The festival&comma; which is a yearly customary obligation of the Obi of Onitsha&comma; His Royal Majesty&comma; Igwe Nnaemeka Achebe&comma; will begin with the Iru Ofala on October 14 while the Azu Ofala will be marked the next day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Globacom&comma; which is the major sponsor of the festival&comma; disclosed at a press conference held by the Organising Committee for the festival at Ime Obi&comma; Obi&&num;8217&semi;s Palace in Onitsha&comma; on Thursday that its support for the event is a testament to its faith &&num;8220&semi;in the nation&&num;8217&semi;s huge cultural heritage and its potential to create employment and boost revenue generation&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The company referred to Year 2020 data from the World Tourism Organization&comma; which noted Nigeria as being 52nd on the list of top 55 tourism nations globally&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Interestingly&comma; the Travel and Tourism market in Nigeria has been projected to grow by 6&period;13 percent between 2023 and 2027&comma; resulting in a market volume of nearly US&dollar;4 in 2027&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If we continue to focus on promoting the best of our values for the world&comma; nothing stops Nigeria from moving up to the Top 10 Tourism greats among the comity of nations within the next few years&&num;8221&semi;&comma; the company added&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ejesgist&period;ng&sol;">&&num;8220&semi;At Globacom&comma; we are committed to supporting efforts aimed at preserving and promoting the rich cultural heritage of our country&period; This is why we have consistently supported prominent festivals such as Ofala and Ojude Oba over these years&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>We believe that these festivals&comma; if well promoted&comma; will help boost Nigeria&&num;8217&semi;s tourism industry as they will attract tourists who will be willing to come around to witness these festivals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Their presence will be a booster for hotels&comma; restaurants&comma; tour guides&comma; arts markets and several other sectors whose trade will be in demand&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Hundreds of thousands of jobs will also be created along the line&period;&&num;8221&semi; Globacom said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;19399" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-19399" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-19399" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;01&sol;Glo&period;&period;&period;&period;-300x260&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Ofala Festival Kicks Off October 14 With Glo Sponsorship" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"260" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-19399" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Glo founder&comma; Mike Adenuga<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;