A. G Akobor | Calabar
For the records, as the initiator and the convener of the project it has become imperative to clear the air of the recent allegations against me.
I am also using this medium to apologize for saying that Boki dont like progress, I wasn't referring to the entire Nation of Boki but to few individuals who stand against progress.
George Odok as chairman of media committee, requested the sum of one million three hundred thousand naira (1.3m)
I told him I couldn't afford such money because we weren't sponsored. That was the reason he left the project and a few others also left when they discovered money wasn't flowing into their hands.
Our media and publicity was taken over by Gliztv and bokiblog free of charge as partners with the project.
This breakdown and expenditure is to enable those who feel so much finances were expended to the organizers of the project and to clear every doubt that the project organizers got so much monies after the event.
Below is the detailed information on how much was realised, spent and total of after the Abuja courtesy visit.
Monies realised from support.
1. Ten thousand naira (10k)
2. Twenty thousand naira (20k)
3. Fifty thousand naira (50k)
4. Fifty thousand naira (50k)
5. Fifty thousand naira (50k)
6. Hundred thousand naira (100k)
7. Hundred thousand naira (100k)
8. One hundred and ten thousand naira (110k)
Total = four hundred and ninety thousand naira (490k)
Names of donors were intentionally not included for privacy sake.
Expenditure
Brochure
1st print 20 copies
Forty thousand naira (40k)
2nd print 20 copies
Twenty thousand naira (20k)
3rd print 20 copies
Twenty thousand naira (20k)
4th print 20 copies
Twenty thousand naira (20k)
Total = one hundred thousand naira (100k)
Artists
1. One hundred and fifty thousand naira (150k)
2. Eighty thousand naira (80k)
3. Seventy thousand naira (70k)
4. Seventy thousand naira.(70k)
5. Thirty five thousand naira (35k)
Total = four hundred and five thousand naira (405k)
Some we didn't include because we did not keep record of those.
Courtesy visits
We visited three Boki sons and daughter.
Trip expenditure.
One hundred and forty eight thousand naira (148k)
We got fifty thousand naira (50k)
Total monies spent on Banjuare Boki Festival 2019
One million six hundred and fifteen thousand naira (N1,615,000)
Total monies gotten
Four hundred and ninety thousand naira (N490,000)
Grand total monies spent
One million six hundred and fifteen thousand naira (N1,615,000)
Total monies spent on the car and the car presentation
1. Car was bought for
two million naira (2m)
2. 10 ×20 backdrop banner for red carpet.
Forty thousand naira (40k)
3. Radio and crbc jingles
Thirty seven thousand five hundred naira (37500k)
4. Fliers
Five thousand naira (5k)
5. Six 6×8 banners
Seven thousand naira each
Forty two thousand naira (42k)
6. First tickets
Twelve booklets
Eighteen thousand five hundred naira (18500k)
First print had mistakes. We had to reprint with another printer.
7. Second tickets prints
20 copies
Fourty thousand naira (40k)
Total = one hundred and eighty three thousand naira (183000k)
Total expenditure on Banjuare Boki Festival was
One million six hundred and fifteen thousand naira.
Total expenditure on purchase of car and presentation.
Two million one hundred and eighty three thousand naira.
Grand total for Banjuare Boki, Car and presentation.
Three million seven hundred and ninety eight thousand naira.
There was no time I seized the car as claimed by some quarters.
Again, for the records, A. G. Akobor my humble self single handedly bought the car without support from nobody.
People didn't know that after the both events in Boki and Calabar, I got home broke.
And no one should deceive you, I have Boki DNA and Boki blood flowing in me. I am more Boki than George Odok. My name is AKOBOR.
My dear when dealing with our people in money aspects don't always listen to everything thing they say.
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