The Nigeria Skits Industry festival and Awards event, which was scheduled to hold yesterday, December 12, has been postponed till further notice in honour of their late chairman who passed on recently.
The organisers of the Award event released a statement, stating the reason for their decision and pleading with honorary members who were invited to the event.
According to the statement, the reason for the postponement is because of the sudden death of the Council Vice Chairman, Joshua Olorunfemi.
The statement was titled “Postponement of NSIFA”
It reads, “For a man who gave so much to bring the project to the point it has attained today from the drawing board, even still churning out creatives on his sick bed, his sudden death has left us shocked, momentarily stupefied and greatly traumatised after all we have been through together and the dream we all nurtured.
“It is for this reason that the Awards Council after wide consultations with stakeholders has decided to postpone the all set awards scheduled to hold on the 12th December, 2021.
“This is the least we can do, knowing that the Awards will forever be an eternal testament of the good man that he was to us as a team.
“We regret most sincerely this sudden postponement as we plead for the understanding of all from our vendors; scheduled performing artists; the great Nigerian Skit Stars and other professionals in the industry to the very important dignitaries in and outside of Government in Nigeria, our local and foreign guests (particularly the Skit makers from neighbouring countries who have arrived or scheduled to depart their countries tomorrow), our host state of Lagos; the Governor, Babajide Sanwoolu and people of Lagos; our lead Corporate supporter, Nigeria Breweries Plc. and indeed, the over-expectant Nigerians.
“We remain committed to every promise of what this awards will be and achieve when we come out of this grieving moment.”
