The annual Lagos Carnival will come up on Saturday, May 2, 2015, the Lagos State government announced on Monday. Disun Holloway, commissioner for tourism and inter-governmental affairs, said in a statement that the change from the traditional Easter Monday was consequent upon the shift in the date of the nation’s general elections concluded Saturday, April 11, 2015, nationwide.
According to him, the change of date was approved by the state governor, Babatunde Fashola, following “the alteration in the electoral calendar.” Last Sunday, the Lagos Boat Regatta, which traditionally precedes the Carniva l , was held with pump and pageantry at the usual Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, venue of the festival.
Both the Boat Regatta and the Carnival are part of the Lagos Black Heritage Festival.
