BEVERLY HILLS, July 02, (THEWILL) – Cross River State Government and Silverbird Group, Thursday signed a 4-year management contract for the hosting of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) Beauty Pageant, at the prestigious five thousand-seat capacity Calabar International Convention Centre (CICC).
According to the agreement, Calabar will play host to both the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) and the maiden edition of Miss Africa Beauty Pageant owned by the Cross River State Government.
Miss Africa Beauty Pageant, which will be managed by Silverbird Group; and MBGN, will be hosted at CICC in October and December this year respectively.
Speaking shortly after the signing ceremony at the CICC, Calabar, the state Governor, Senator Ben Ayade maintained that “Silverbird has the capacity and expertise to manage the centre as well as organize the pageants because they are the nation’s number one in the entertainment industry.”
According to the governor, “It is a four-year contract subject to renewal, but I know they have all it takes to manage the edifice as well as organize the pageants.”
He added that by this vista of opportunities, “Calabar has taken its place as the destination for tourism and entertainment.”
An elated Ayade said: “With the hosting of the two pageants shows in October and December respectively, Cross Riverians and indeed Nigerians should key into it and make the best use of it because they will attract the whole world to the state.”
Earlier, Group Vice President, Silverbird Group, Mr. Guy Murrày-Bruce, who was overwhelmed by the architectural masterpiece, described the CICC as “the best of its kind in Africa,” adding that “this is second to none. This is terrific.”
He observed that though limited work was still in progress at the facility he added that it will be ready for the MBGN in October as assured by the contractors.
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