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Nkiru Sylvanus showcases mouth-watering `I’ve Got
Talent’ hunt
Newsdiaryonline Monday May 9,2011
 Nollywood
diva and the Face of Hope ambassador, Nkiru Sylvanus, is living
up to her promise of giving a better life to Nigerian youths.
She has embarked on a mission to fish out raw talents among the
youths, especially the less-privileged and give them hope for
quality and comprehensive education to enhance their literacy
level and improve their socio-economic status.
The Face of Hope ambassador under the Rochas Okorocha Foundation
volunteer corps disclosed this at a press conference to
officially launch the ‘I’ve Got Talent Show, in Lagos at the
Planet 1 Event centre. Nkiru, who before now has disappeared on
the screen,
explained that the task of championing the campaign against
child illiteracy in Nigeria and West Africa, which is the main
goal of the project, has been responsible for her absence as it
has been both challenging and time-consuming.
S peaking
on why she came up with the talent show, the screen goddess
said, “considering the importance of education for every nation
and the challenges inherent in asking individuals for continuous
support and donations, we decided to create a unique means of
raising funds by packaging products, programmes, projects and
events that will add value to the society, especially the youths
who are tomorrow’s leaders. Thus, the show, apart from bringing
out the talents in these youths and helping them to develop on
it, will raise funds for continuous free education for the poor
as well as empower the youths for the future.”
There will be five winners to go home with lump sum prize money
as she revealed that each participant shall benefit from the
event, stating that as everybody will have N30,000.00 as
participation fee, while the 1st prize will be $50,000 and
international media exposure plus brand ambassador to the
official sponsors. The 2nd prize will be $20,000 and 3rd prize
$10,000 while 4th and 5th prizes will be $5,000 and $2,000
respectively. She noted that it is a TV reality talent hunt show
that seeks to search for talents from all walks of life in
Nigeria and West Africa, adding that the project not only seek
for talents but personality, intelligence and wisdom. The show,
aims at discovering talented Nigerian youths who mostly are
indigent and lack the opportunity to showcase their gifts. The
event will feature such talent scouting in acting, modelling,
singing, dancing, instrumentalism, visual arts, fashion
designing, comedy, disc jockey amongst others.
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