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A
Lagos based outfit, The Multicolour’s Upscale Interior and Home
Accessories, is to hold its first exhibition, a novel display of
unusual clocks. Themed “Clockamania”, the exhibition opens at ‘The
Place’ in Ikeja GRA, Lagos, on Sunday, August 8.

At a press
conference held on July 29, 2010 in Lagos, the exhibitions organiser,
Adebusola Akinnubi, informed that ‘Clockmania’ is to hold over a period
of seven days at the venue, and is scheduled to close on Saturday
August 14.

The CEO of
Multicolours, Mrs. Akinnubi said she started the clock shop as a means
of giving Nigerians a variety of functional lovely clocks in their
homes and offices, which at the same time beautifies their living and
working environments. “I attended a clock exhibition abroad, that was
where I got the inspiration to do this kind of exhibition in Nigeria,”
she said.

The CEO-turned
exhibition curator added that, “We have two hundred variety of clocks,
from the small table clocks, to wall clocks and floor clocks such as
classic grandfather clocks which are not the run-of-the-mill that
people are used to seeing every day.” She is offering a ten percent
discount on every clock purchased during the exhibition.”

According to
Akinnubi, the exhibition also aims to impress upon Nigerians the need
to keep to time. Arriving late at events and occasions, has long been a
part of their everyday lifestyle, she observed. Therefore, it is
suggested that an exhibition like ‘Clockmania’ will enable viewers to
appreciate the essence of time in the society and in everyday life.

Responding further
to media questions about the motivation behind the establishment of a
clock house rather than any other business, Mrs Akinnubi said, “Life is
built around time; I do not want to follow trends but add beauty and
style to individual homes. I do not believe in ‘African Time’ like the
way it is said in Nigeria. I am a unique person I believe in doing
something in a different dimension. The passion for it moved me to
start the business of clocks.”

She expressed the
hope that individuals who show up for ‘Clockmania’ will go beyond the
aesthetics of the clocks on display and consider the importance of time.

‘Clockmania’ is at The Place, Isaac John Street, Ikeja GRA, from August 8 to 14.