Lagosians are bound to witness yet another groundbreaking event, a Suya carnival being packaged as part of activities marking the ongoing celebrations of Lagos at 50.
Interestingly, organizers of the edible-oriented carnival are planning to break the world record by creating the longest suya steak with the production of a single 50ft suya at the carnival
- Unveiling the carnival to the press, Kehinde Talabi, who owns Suya Stops said the event which will hold at Alausa, Ikeja, on Independence day, October 1, will be hosted in conjunction with Lagos State Government.
According to him, the Lagos City Suya Carnival will be annual event.
“No where better than Lagos to launch such a carnival. We will make the day grand by making a 50ft long Suya steak, hence putting Lagos on the world map,” Talabi said.
Speaking further, he said, " we have been working tirelessly behind the curtains in the past few months since we berthed this idea and with the full support of the Lagos State Government through the Ministry of Arts and Culture, we are sure Lagosians are in for a good ride."
Talabi who runs a chain of suya spots says he already has a team of suya makers coming in from the North to help achieve this feat, he also promises that everyone around will be having a taste of the record breaking suya.
"Though suya doesn't have it's origin in Lagos, it would be agreed that Lagosians in particular have an undying penchant for Suya. Interestingly, I run a suya spot in Lagos and I can tell for a fact that it's one viable business with so much intrigues and much more to showcase and imbibe in our our tourism export," Talabi added.
On her part, Miss Abimbola Otubu, the Coordinator of the event said there ar plans to have the carnival replace in the other climes with Lagos as a major partner.
Otubu also used the opportunity to call on corporate organizations to support the carnival as it aims at promoting the Nigerian culture as well as one of the country's delicacies that has been accepted across the globe.
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