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The Director-General, National Council of Arts and Culture (NCAC), Chief Segun Runsewe has continued to give Nigeria rich cultural potentialities a vintage position in all sphere of life through innovative brand promotion and diplomacy.
His practical interest in making culture hold the ace at all times is also a credit that has not only stood him out as a cultural ambassador, but has also made him a point of reference in cultural promotion in Nigeria and Africa; one of the reasons he was appointed President, World Craft Council, African Region.
His promises to give his mother (late Mrs Felicia Adesola Runsewe) a cultural burial came to play at the venue of the post interment reception, Eagle Club, Surulere in Lagos, where the hall was beautifully adorned with arts, crafts and cultural symbols of a country with diverse and unique identity.
Mama Kaduna’s funeral as hospitality, Arts & Culture event
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Pix From Left; Mrs Mopelola Ayanfalu, Chief Mrs Omobola Obasanjo, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, Olori Adekunbi Runsewe, and Mr Bola Ayanfalu, During the Funeral Service for Late Mrs Felicia Adesola Runsewe, Held on Friday 18-12-2020, At The Chapel of the Healing Cross , Idi-Araba, Lagos. PHOTO; Kehinde Gbadamosi
By Osa Amadi
Every inch of it was a funeral turned to hospitality, arts and culture event. And it was not surprising. Other names of the chief mourner, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, are tourism, arts and culture. He was former Director-General of Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, NTDC, and presently National Council for Arts and Culture D-G and President, World Craft Council, African Region.
The Runsewe family has released the official funeral details for their late matriarch, Mrs. Felicia Adesola Runsewe (Nee Ademosun), who joined the saints recently at age 94. According to Otunba Segun Runsewe, Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and President World Craft Council (WCC) Africa region, the funeral details for his late mother also known as ‘Mama Kaduna’ will kick start with a wake keep and service of songs on Thursday December 17, 2020, at the Chapel of Healing Cross, opposite LUTH, Idi Araba by 5p.m. prompt. Funeral service takes place at same venue on December 18, Friday by 10a.m. prompt while reception takes place at Eagle Club opposite Shoprite and Leisure Centre, Adeniran Ogunsanya Street, Surulere, Lagos.