Amititi Day: Lagos Will Shake To Its Roots – Atawewe, Haruna Ishola
The much-awaited 2024 edition of the annual popular Amititi Day, a special event by Lagos State Radio Service to celebrate Radio Lagos 107.5 FM, the trail-blazing Yoruba language arm of its leading radio stations, goes live on Sunday, July 28, 2024; with a daunting parade of A-list artistes, taking turn on the band stand to celebrate the original Tiwa N’tiwa radio house and entertain their fans, from noon till late night.
According to Ayo Mojoyinola, management consultant to Sule Adio Atawewe Band, Lagos, particularly the mainland areas will shake to its roots with so much fun and entertainment, in tune with the title of the event “Amititi Day” while speaking to entertainment writers at the City Pulse Lounge’s monthly Friday Nite Out, held at Ikeja. “With the crop of A-list artistes billed to go on the bandstand, particularly Baba Oloye, Alhaji Sulaiman Adio Atawewe, Akile 1; expect fun like never, ever before”, he said,
Corroborating, publicity consultant to Wasiu Haruna Ishola, Oluwatosin Faleye said Amititi Day is a big event from the stable of the number one Yoruba FM station in the whole of the Southwest and it cannot but parade A-list artistes like Haruna Ishola. “Alhaji Wasiu Haruna Ishola will come out in a brand-new form at Amititi and everybody, young and old, male and female will be wowed”, he added.
In his observations, veteran media, event, entertainment and artiste management strategist, Otunba Femi Davies posited that, nothing short of an event like Amititi Day is expected from Radio Lagos, explaining that the radio house has come a long way, dictating the pace in Yoruba language broadcasting. He added that Radio Lagos is about the only one that has the clout to parade A-list artistes such as Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, Sule Alao Malaika, Sir Shina Akanni, Sule Adio Atawewe, Yomi Peters, Wasiu Haruna Ishola, Aweni Oniwaka and a host of others, all on the same bandstand.
To hear from the organisers themselves, a call was put through to the chairman of the Amititi Day planning committee, Mr. Kayode Adumadeyin; who is also the Director, Marketing; Radio Lagos/Eko FM. In his response, he said “Amititi Day is a day of celebration and thanksgiving”. He explained that, it is a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God for keeping the Radio Lagos/Eko FM family together and giving them the inspiration for creative ideas from time to time. And also, to Lagos State Government and the supervising Ministry of Information; for their unflinching support all the time.
Speaking further, he added that the day is also a day of thanksgiving to music artistes and celebration of the music industry, being one of the pillars sustaining the broadcasting industry. Moreover, the day is also a day of thanksgiving and celebration of radio listeners, particularly the fans of Radio Lagos, advertisers, programme sponsors and corporate brands targeting the grassroots among others, all of whom keep the station in business.
Concluding, he said Amititi is also a day of celebration and thanksgiving to the workforce of the radio house. In his words, “It is never a one-man show, the success we record year-on-year is a product of collaborative effort of the management and the staff of Radio Lagos/Eko FM under the innovative leadership of our general manager, Mr. Jide Lawal who has always opened his ears and heart to brilliant ideas and suggestions, towards taking the station to greater heights”.
