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Onome Owhodo, a.k.a Onome Da Saint, an Abu"},"modified":"2019-05-19T10:01:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T10:01:10","slug":"comedian-arts-veritable-means-to-keep-youths-from-criminality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/19\/comedian-arts-veritable-means-to-keep-youths-from-criminality\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedian: Arts veritable means to keep youths from criminality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Onome Owhodo, a.k.a Onome Da Saint, an Abuja based comedian, says arts can be a veritable tool to keep youths away from drug addiction, unemployment, restiveness and other forms of criminality in the country.<\/p>\n

A native of Warri in Delta state, who moved to the Federal Capital and decided to go into stand-up Comedy, Oname Da Saint said he has been in the industry for a while and the journey has been fulfilling.<\/p>\n

He said this during a news conference to announce his yearly comedy show, `LAFF IT OFF\u2019 with Onome Da Saint, scheduled for May 26 at Transcorp Hilton.<\/p>\n

The theme of this year\u2019s fiesta is `Art as a Tool for Innovation, Youths Empowerment and National Development\u2019.<\/p>\n

He regretted that the challenges of unemployment; restiveness and other art of criminality have continued to bedeviled the country.<\/p>\n

But the comedian said that the forthcoming event would create more awareness on the issue of drug addiction and other vices,<\/p>\n

He said the show has leverage the growing popularity, awareness and also to solicit support for children and youths with special talents that are suffering from asthma and other allergies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe show has continued to enjoy the patronage and indeed the support of all those who believe that art can be veritable means to keep youths away from drug addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cThrough the above cause we\u2019ve had the privilege to partner with Asthma Foundation in Aberdeen Scotland; this partnership has seen us go a notch higher in our quest.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to reach and improve a lot of many suffering deprived talented youths across the globe to perform in Aberdeen and other parts of Europe,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

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