FCT to Host Miss Africa Beauty Contest

FCT to Host Miss Africa  Beauty Contest

Olawale Ajimotokan in Abuja

The Federal Capital Territory Administration will host the Miss Africa Pageant to promote tourism, empower African women and discourage indecent dress culture.

Already over 61 delegates from several African countries have arrived the nation’s capital for the ninth edition of the pageantry. They will be in Abuja for the next 14 days.

They were received yesterday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja by the Secretary, FCT Social Development Secretariat, Mrs Hadiza Kabir.

Kabir said the event which is a social integration programme has the theme: “Uniting Africa, Discouraging Indecent Dress Culture, Promoting Tourism and Empowering the Africa Women”.

Kabir, who was represented by the Director, Administration and Finance of the secretariat, Dr. Kevin Ike, added that the objective of the event was to bring the youth of Africa to interact with the youths in the FCT in order to champion youth empowerment, employment generation, wealth creation and value reorientation.

“The essence is black integration. And the Federal Capital Territory Minister of State, Dr Ramatu Aliyu, is a social engineer.

“She decided to bring Africans together especially the youths in order to make Abuja the real melting point of social integration in Africa and to send a strong message to the world that beauty does not lie in nude dressing, ” Kabir said. Miss University, African Nigeria, Ajoke Ajoke, said the programme was geared towards preventing rape and violence against women as well as promote women empowerment, while Miss Uwimana Dative, a delegate from Burundi, said the event would avail her the opportunity to learn more from other delegates across Africa about their cultures.

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