Lagos State Government Announces Plan for Lagos Countdown 2014

Officials of the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA), organizers of “Lagos Countdown”, have announced plans for the yearly event which commemorates the cross-over into the New Year. The Lagos Countdown, which will begin on the 7th of December 2013 and end on the 1st of January 2014 with an official countdown into the New Year, will be staged at the Bar Beach Stretch, Victoria Island, Lagos. LASAA’s managing director, Mr. George Noah, stated that the Lagos Countdown is about instituting an enduring crossover tradition, commerce, employment generation, leisure, entertainment and tourism. ‘’What LASAA is doing on behalf of the state government is leveraging the proposition of Lagos as a premium destination for business and leisure,” Mr. Noah said in a statement. The advertising regulatory agency also promised that the 2013 edition of the event would not only provide opportunity for brand sponsorship, but also be more entertaining and exciting, as over 40 top Nigerian artistes including TuFace Idibia, Davido, Omawumi, Bracket, J Martins, Morell, Duncan Mighty, Timaya, Wizkid, Banky W, Tiwa Savage, Wande Coal, D’Prince, MI, Ice Prince, Burna Boy and Iyanya will storm the countdown to year 2014.

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