Have you ever heard of a kissing marathon event taking place in a country like Nigeria?
We are just as shocked as you may be right now.
The Ekiti State government has canceled the planned three-day kissing marathon to break the Guinness World Records in the state.
A group known as Sugartee announced their attempt of the longest world kissing marathon in a popular amusement park in the state capital on July 7.
Heavy Sanction
However, the state government through a letter dated July 3, 2023, from the Ministry of Arts and Culture addressed to the Ekiti State Hoteliers Association.
The ministry announced the ban on the scheduled competition said any facility that hosted the event would be severely sanctioned.
The letter signed by the Director of Tourism Adebanji Adelusi on behalf of the permanent secretary of the ministry.
Dele Ogunsemoyin noted that the planned event tagged ‘Kiss-a-thon ‘ was capable of denigrating the image of the state.
Unhealthy And Immoral
“Kiss-a-thon” as an event is not only absurd, unhealthy, immoral and capable of denigrating the image of the state.
“It is a programme that runs counter to the values of the people of the state and therefore capable of plunging our Youths morally backwards.
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”In view of the foregoing, the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Tourism hereby prohibits the hosting of such event or any other events like it in any facility that wishes to continue to operate lawfully in Ekiti State.
”To the above, you are hereby requested to convey the content of this Notice to the members of Ekiti State Hoteliers’ Association
“Ensure to effectively monitor your outlets against being used negatively to cause embarrassment to the Government and People of Ekiti State.”
A New Wave?
Ever since the success of Hilda Baci’s cooking marathon in May 2023, other Nigerians have come out with different record breaking ideas.
It would be recalled that Damilola Adeparusi popularly called Chef Dammy had a few weeks ago concluded a 120-hour cooking marathon in Ilupeju-Ekiti, Oye Local Government Area of the state.
This was followed by another chef Adeola Adeyeye who is attempting to run a cooking marathon of 150 hours in Ondo state.
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A young lady by the name Joyce Ifeoma also attempted to break the record for the longest massage time by 72 hours in Lekki, Lagos – Nigeria but collapsed when she reached 50 hours.
It looks like there are more record breaking activities to come from Nigerians.
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