- President Buhari received a group of young dancers at the Presidential Villa
- The group had performed at the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
- The president invited them later, saying he was impressed with their performance
President Muhammadu Buhari on Sunday, October 7, hosted the Xplicit Dancers to a breakfast at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Xplicit Dancers are young boys and girls, who engage in vigorous and scintillating dancing to entertain their audiences.
Femi Adesina, the president’s special adviser on media and publicity in a statement in Abuja said the dancers were in Abuja to show their dancing prowess at the National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Xplicit Dancers with President Buhari. Credit: Twitter/Muhammadu Buhari
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He said their performance at Eagle Square on Saturday, October 6, earned them the invitation to breakfast at State House on Sunday.
Adesina quoted the president at the event as saying: “I am very impressed with your performance. It must have taken a lot of discipline and training.
“To dance with such dexterity is fantastic. I congratulate you.’’
The young orphan dancers dining with President Buhari at Aso Rock. Credit: Twitter/Muhammadu Buhari
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The young dancers dining with President Buhari at Aso Rock. Credit: Twitter/Muhammadu Buhari
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The father of Explicit Home of Favour Initiative, David Abraham, and a graduate of Business Administration, explained that the young dancers, aged between 11 and 27 years, are mostly orphans.
He said they were taken off the streets, and brought up at Explicit Home of Favour Initiative, Ibadan, Oyo state.
He revealed that the Home of Favour Initiative, which was established in 2004, was funded from takings at dance appearances and freewill contributions.
The young dancers taking turns to shake hands with President Buhari at Aso Rock. Credit: Twitter/Muhammadu Buhari
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“I love to dance, and I was dancing in church one day, when God told me that dancing is not enough. I was instructed to take orphans off the streets, and empower them,” Abraham said.
According to him, his wife, Oluwakemi, serves as mother, and they jointly run the registered welfare home, adding that they have two biological children of their own.
He told President Buhari: “I still feel this is a dream, and if it is, I don’t want to wake from it.
“Thanks sir, for being a father. Because you invited us to have breakfast with you, came down to our level, stood on the line with us to take your own meal, ate with us, favour will not depart from you.”
Fourteen members of the dance group were at the breakfast meeting, though the home currently has an enrolment of 56 people.
They had numbered up to 100 at a certain time, but 45 have graduated, 10 got married, and are pursuing their professional and domestic lives.
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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com previously reported that the federal government said it would soon address the agitation for the upward review of the national minimum wage in a manner that will make workers and all Nigerians smile.
The disclosure was made by the secretary to the government of the federation, Boss Mustapha, on Sunday, October 7, at the 22nd choir anniversary of the Christ Apostolic Church, Living Water DCC Headquarters, Abuja.
The SGF, who was represented by the permanent secretary (General Services Office), Office of the SGF, Olusegun Adekunle, said the present administration was sensitive to the plight and wishes of the masses.
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