By joshua 
As part of efforts to promote peaceful co-existence, unity and rich cultural heritage of the Country, the Management of Budding Acorns International School , Lokoja said it has set aside a day to celebrate various cultures and traditions across the country.
The Director of the School, Mrs Titilayo Ogunmola who disclosed this while speaking at the opening ceremony of 2021 Cultural and Traditions day in Lokoja on Friday, stated that there is urgent need to inculcate the rich cultural values into new generations.
Ogunmola explained that this year theme is “unity in diversity”, noting that the schools management is strongly persuaded that this minute action and activity by the pupils will contribute to breaking down the walls of partitions and silence the voice of dissension among the people as a nation.
She pointed out that that Nigeria has been in existence and celebrated 61st year’s of existing as an independent state recently, adding that the celebration is against the background of many ethnic groups clamouring for cessation and the unified cry for true federalism and regional governance.
“We at Budding Acorns International School, Lokoja understand that we are a microsm of our nation as our staff, pupils and parents cuts across the different ethnic groups in Nigeria.
That apart, with growing westernization and the possibility of our pupils abandoning their rich diverse local roots in exchange for foreign cultures, we like many other schools have established a cultural and traditional day. It is a day we celebrate our rich culture and traditions, a day we chose to be truly Nigerian in every sense of the word ranging from our attires, our food, speech, songs and dance.
“Let us strive to see the things that bind us more together than those things that divide us.
We have added a little bit of spice to our activity this year as we will be launching the local foods ,we hope to see how buoyant and how much financial muscle each ethnic group represented in our school can flex”, she said.
The highlight of the occasion is the cultural display by the pupils of various cultural backgrounds and the launching of different local foods