Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The Sun Nigeria

Christmas: Enugu lines up activities to entertain residents

As the Christmas and new year celebrations draw near, the Department of State Services (DSS) has appealed to Nigerians on the need to conduct their activities in ways that promote public peace and safety, just as it has promised to work with sister security agencies to maintain law and order in the country.

The Enugu State Government says it has lined up activities to entertain and thrill residents, to make the 2023 Christmas celebration memorable for them.

Dame Ugochi Madueke, Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, said the activities were part of the ways of promoting tourism and  showcasing the state’s culture to the world.t

According to her, the state government has lightened up the popular Unity Park and decorated it as Christmas Park.

“At Okpara Square, we have five days of activities which started on Saturday with carnival and a road show that was colourful.

“Today (yesterday), we are having Carols of nine lessons, Monday will be a talent haunt for all the upcoming artists in Enugu, Tuesday, we are going to have Ijere and Mmownu Festival, while Wednesday is the grand finale and road block

“All these are for the 2023 Christmas celebration and I am impressed at the massive turnout of the residents. It is going to be an annual event.”

While noting that the state had a lot of tourist sites spanning from waterfalls, caves, streams and many others that were underdeveloped, the commissioner said by next year the state government was going to develop some of the sites.

“The state government is really going to look into it by developing some of them and we are considering having conservation sites that will help tourism in Enugu,” she added.