2023-07-31 15:24:26
Benin celebrates the 63rd anniversary of its accession to independence on August 1 with a rich program of events spanning several days. The military parade on Boulevard de la Marina and the “La Saga des Agodjiés” concert are the two highlights of this celebration.
Bola Tinubu, guest of honor
A guest of honor will attend the military and paramilitary parade. Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is President Patrice Talon’s distinguished guest. The presence of a foreign Head of State at the Benin National Day events is unprecedented under the Talon presidency. Bola Tinubu arrives on Beninese lands to return the favor to his counterpart. The two heads of state meet regularly Since the entry into office at the end of May of the new president of the West African giant. Within the framework of bilateral relations as within the framework of ECOWAS, which Bola Tinubu has chaired for less than a month.
Military parade with aerial parade
The defense and security forces will renew their allegiance to the heads of state during the military and paramilitary parade. The president would then have proceeded to lay a wreath at the foot of the Monument to the devoted and then joined the esplanade of the Amazon on the Boulevard de la Marina.
Troop children, Republican Police, Customs, Water, Forestry and Hunting, Army, Navy, National Guard and Air Force,… the components of the FDS, in all their diversity, will parade in front of the President and his guests. They will also have to raise their heads to admire the parade of Air Force helicopters. At the opening of the motorized parade, the devices will fly, forming a very symmetrical figure in the sky.
A nod to the presence of Bola Tinubu, classics from the Nigerian repertoire interpreted by the music groups will punctuate certain phases of the parade.
Cultural meetings
The cultural component of the national holiday begins this Monday and ends on Friday August 4. After concerts in 11 department capital towns, Cotonou will host the “Saga des Agodjiés”, a gigantic all-female concert headlined by the diva Angelique Kidjo.
The parade and the saga of the agodjiés can be experienced live on the various ORTB branches.
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