PHOTOS: Aisha Buhari graces Calabar Carnival

Aisha, the wife of former President Muhammadu Buhari, was among the dignitaries who graced the 2024 Calabar Carnival street party.

The carnival is an annual cultural event celebrated in eastern Nigeria. This year’s edition is themed ‘Our Shared Prosperity’. The event, which started on December 1 and will run until December 31, features performances from 12 bands.

The former first lady arrived at the event on Saturday adorned in an elegant long-sleeved floral-patterned dress with soft pastel tones, such as lavender, pink, and cream.

She completed the appearance with a wide-brimmed pink hat, jewelry, and a shawl over her shoulder. Her sophisticated outfit added a touch of glamour to the event.

Aisha was joined by other dignitaries, including Bassey Otu, the governor of Cross River state, AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq, and Ahmed Usman Ododo, the governors of Kwara and Kogi state, respectively.

Representatives from the European Union and the United Nations were also in attendance.

At the carnival, Otu described this year’s theme as “internationally engaging” due to the festival’s “global audience”.

He also emphasised the need to build economic, social, and cultural prosperity for the people to share.

“The theme of this year is ‘Our Shared Prosperity.’ That shared prosperity is actually internationally engaging because we have the global audience right here; we have people from all continents of the world right here,” he said.

“There is a need to build economic, social, and cultural prosperity into what we are doing for our people to share.”