Abuja
– Sen. Grace Bent, member, Governing Council, Jewel of Africa, has said
that the Africa TV reality show will showcase Africa’s best cultural,
social and ethical values.
Bent said while speaking on Wednesday
in Abuja that the show would not project promiscuity as shown in the Big
Brother Africa (BBA).
She said that the Jewel of Africa would be a
complete departure from BBA, where all manners of obscenity were shown
on television to the public, thereby corrupting their mind.
The
senator said that the programme would reflect the social cultural
diversity of the country, adding that 27 states, including the FCT,
would participate in the first edition.
Bent said that the reality
show would help to revolutionalise the tourism industry in the country,
adding that it would showcase Africa’s best in dressing and greeting,
among others.
She said that the youth must be re-groomed to assume
their place in the country, and that the programme would provide an
avenue for reorienting them about African way of life.
She said
that the TV reality show would offer a different approach to the way
things were being done in the country especially to the youth.
Bent,
however, appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to support the
programmes, saying that it would help to rejuvenate the country’s lost
cultural value.
She said that the endorsement of the president would help to boost the show.
“We
want the president to support and adopt the Jewel of Africa project and
drive it as a Nigerian project by encouraging the public and private
investors.
“Giant government agencies and well-meaning Nigerians are also needed to provide support for the project,” she said.
She
said that the governing council had resolved to show dedication,
honesty, transparency and excellence, to achieve President Goodluck
Jonathan’s dream of revolutionalising the culture and tourism sector.
This, according to her, is meant to achieve a positive reorientation of the younger generation in the national life.
The continent-wide multi-dimensional show is designed to restore Africa’s cultural values. (NAN)
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