{"id":3516,"date":"2012-11-21T16:10:38","date_gmt":"2012-11-21T16:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=3516"},"modified":"2012-11-21T16:10:38","modified_gmt":"2012-11-21T16:10:38","slug":"ozuruimo-cultural-carnival-to-boost-tourism-in-imo-says-okorocha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=3516","title":{"rendered":"OZURUIMO CULTURAL CARNIVAL TO BOOST TOURISM IN IMO, SAYS OKOROCHA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"highslide\" onclick=\"return vz.expand(this)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/owellel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3517\" title=\"owellel\" src=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/owellel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/owellel.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/owellel-300x178.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has said that the 2012<br \/>\nOzuruimo cultural festival will boost the tourism potentials of the<br \/>\nstate in line with the Rescue Mission Agenda of his administration.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Rochas Okorocha, state this at Imo Concorde Hotel Owerri<br \/>\nduring the official flag off ceremony of 2012 Ozuruimo cultural<br \/>\ncarnival.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. Okorocha, also said that the responsibility of preserving and<br \/>\nprotecting the Igbo\u2019s culture has fallen on the new generation, and<br \/>\nadvised that all efforts should be geared towards keeping our culture<br \/>\nalive.<\/p>\n<p>The governor explained that the 2012 Oruruimo festival will be sued to<br \/>\nshowcase the culture of Imo people so that Nigerians and outside world<br \/>\nwill know that Imo not only produces that best brains but also the<br \/>\nbest cultures in the world.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the carnival floats will include the Governor\u2019s<br \/>\ntrain, Deputy Governor, SSG, the State ministries among others.<\/p>\n<p>The governor also said that all traditional rulers in the state would<br \/>\ncome out with their cabinet members in their carnival train as well as<br \/>\nthe tertiary institutions in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the level of developments in the state, he said that Imo<br \/>\nstate will be ranking the best state in no distant time in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, in an address of welcome, presented by the Commissioner for<br \/>\nCulture and Tourism, Barr. Lady Ugochi Nnanna Okoro, thanked Gov.<br \/>\nRochas Okorocha for his vision.\u00a0 She said that the essence of Ozuruimo<br \/>\ncultural festival, is to inspire Imo people to cherish their rich<br \/>\ncultural heritage and at the same time serve to foster a dynamic<br \/>\nre-evaluation of their cultural past with the social economic changes<br \/>\nof time.<\/p>\n<p>In an opening remarks, the chairman of the occasion, Senator Osita<br \/>\nIzunaso, extolled governor Rochas Okorocha for his love for culture,<br \/>\nand assured that the best in Ozuruimo will come out in this 2012<br \/>\nevents and urged Imolites to support the 2012 Ozuruimo festival which<br \/>\nwill help to showcase the culture of Imo people to the outside world.<\/p>\n<p>Adding his voice, the chairman planning committee of Ozuruimo 2012,<br \/>\nMr. Paddy Obinna, thanked Governor Okorocha for giving him the<br \/>\nopportunity to serve, and at the same time, outline the activities<br \/>\nlined up the cultural celebration.<\/p>\n<p>He appealed to all Imolites to support the cultural festival that<br \/>\nhappens to be the best in the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imo state governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha has said that the 2012 Ozuruimo cultural festival will<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-xtra"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","elegant-magazine-featured":"","elegant-magazine-medium":"","elegant-magazine-medium-small":"","elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":""},"author_info":{"info":["Imo Trumpeta"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">News Extra<\/a>","tag_info":"News Extra","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3516"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3518,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3516\/revisions\/3518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}