The musician artist from Sourou, Issa Emile Boro alias Leussa, handed over on Friday May 31, 2024, to the provincial authorities, 40% of his concert income, to support the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and the Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP), engaged in the reconquest of national territory . The ceremony was chaired by the High Commissioner of Sourou, Désiré Badolo .
Leussa or Issa Emile Boro, at the civil registry organized on April 27, 2024 at the Tougan multipurpose hall, a concert that he called ‘Concert of Resilience’.
The artist Leussa has committed to paying 40% of the tickets sold, at the end of his concert, to the public treasury to contribute to the Patriotic Support Fund (FSP).
According to him, despite the security context which prevails in the province of Sourou, the event kept all its promises.
‘Through this concert, I not only want to enliven the city, salute the resilience of the population of Tougan but also salute the work of the fighting forces in the area (FDS AN
D VDP), declared the artist.
The provincial director of youth and employment of Sourou, Fousseni Paré, representing the high commissioner, thanked the artist for his initiative.
Mr. Paré expressed the availability of the provincial authorities to support the artist Leussa for the influence of culture, in general and music, in particular, in the province of Sourou.
It should be noted that the artist Leussa actually kept his promise, at the end of his concert, by handing over the sum of 58,000 FCA to the authorities.
Source: Burkina Information Agency