Saturday, August 23, 2014

DAWN, Yoruba Movie Academy Awards Reach an Agreement

Laface
The authority that sees to the legacy and development of Yoruba Language and people, the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria (DAWN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the organiser and executive producer of Yoruba Movie Academy Awards (YMAA), Mr. Tunde Oshinibosi, aka Laface.

The agreement, according to Laface, “is geared towards the actualisation and continued development of the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards and the Yoruba movie industry in general.”

The historic event took place at the corporate office of the DAWN Commission at Cocoa House, Dugbe, Ibadan, Oyo State on Thursday, July 31.

Laface described the Awards scheme as a viable socio-economic and regional integration project with strong emotional connect to the development of the Yoruba race.

The maiden edition of the awards took place in Abeokuta, Ogun State in 2010, while the 2013 edition held in Ibadan, Oyo State, amidst glamour, style and panache.

“YMAA has further enhanced its popularity with the overwhelming support and endorsements from the Yoruba movie industry’s practitioners, distinguished Yoruba sons and daughters and stakeholders across board,” said Laface.

He said the vision of YMAA is far-reaching and will become the biggest and most glamorous in Africa and the Diaspora in the next three years. “This is in furtherance of the efforts to creating an all-encompassing Yoruba film festival, the first of its kind in the world,” he revealed.

In his remark on the occasion, Laface expressed gratitude to the Director- General, DAWN Commission, Mr. Dipo Famakinwa, and his team for their tremendous endeavours in the socio-economic development and regional integration of Western Nigeria. He also thanked movie enthusiasts, practitioners, stakeholders and the general public for their overwhelming support for Yoruba Movie Academy Awards and the Yoruba movie industry.

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