Forty-six students from Government Secondary School (GSS), Wuse Zone 3, are scheduled to travel to Turkey for a cultural exchange program.
The Chief Minister for Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TIKA), Mr Bulent Korkmaz, has indicated interest in having the programme in Ankara, Turkey.
Korkmaz told Dr. Mohammed Gummi, President, Association of Turkey Graduates Alumni in Nigeria, that he was impressed with the cultural dances put up by the students and would want them to stage a similar performance in Turkey.
The students staged the cultural dances during the inauguration of a science complex, renovated by a TIKA, in collaboration with the Federal Capital Territory Secondary Education Board (SEB).
The students entertained guests with Niger Delta, Yoruba, Tiv, Nupe, Gbagyi, Igbo, Fulani and Hausa dances.
Gummi said if the plan succeeded, the students would visit Ankara, noting that it would help expose them to Turkish cultural dances, among other things.
“The chief minister, who is also the coordinator of TIKA, whispered to me that he liked the Nigerian cultural dances.
“He was moved and asked about the possibility of staging a Nigerian Cultural Day in Ankara where the dancers could feature.
We are going to make the necessary arrangements for the trip to Turkey,” Gummi said.
He praised the efforts by the Turkish government to improve the quality of education in Nigeria through the establishment of secondary and tertiary institutions in the country.
