2015 Lagos Carnival Holds May 2

The Lagos State Government has announced Saturday, May 2, 2015 as the new date for the 2015 edition of the glamorous Lagos Carnival.

In a statement signed by the Commissioner for Tourism and Inter-governmental Affairs, Disun Holloway, the state government explained that the event was earlier postponed from the traditional Easter Monday because of the shift in the date of the country’s general elections, which was concluded on Saturday, April 11, 2015.

Holloway disclosed in the statement that the state government, Babatunde Fashola, has approved the date.

It would be recall that last Sunday, the Lagos Boat Regatta, which traditionally precedes the carnival, was held with pump and pageantry at the usual Oyinkan Abayomi Drive, Ikoyi, venue of the festival. Both the Boat Regatta and the Carnival are part of the Lagos Black Heritage Festival.