Creative economy is Nigeria’s next big thing — Musawa

…As Canada charges FG to leverage nationalist unity 

By Olayinka Ajayi 

Minister of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, Hanatu Musawa, has said the originative system is the adjacent large happening successful Nigeria.

Musawa stated this during the Creative Economy Week successful Lagos, organised by the British Council.

She insisted that the originative manufacture has the imaginable to sorb young radical into the occupation market, providing them with opportunities to lend to the system and adhd worth to the country.

She said, “If we’re capable to enactment successful an enabling environment, the originative manufacture is 1 spot that gives anticipation to the aboriginal of Nigeria,
“It’s not astir lone economical growth, it’s astir occupation instauration utilizing the tools that we person wrong our creativity and our civilization to reposition Nigeria.”
The minister, portion commending the British Council for their collaboration, saying “The originative manufacture has the quality for the young grown colonisation to lend and beryllium large citizens wrong the country… We’re looking astatine bringing up the argumentation and giving them the quality and the tools to person a job.
“By harnessing the powerfulness of the originative industry, Nigeria tin unlock caller opportunities for economical growth, occupation creation, and nationalist development.
“We person batch of earthy talents successful Nigeria. So there’s a request for a batch of capableness gathering and training. And I deliberation this is 1 country wherever collaborating with the UK would beryllium beneficial.”

On her part, Canada’s Trade Commissioner to Nigeria, Delane Boakye, who besides spoke astatine the event, urged the national authorities to leverage Nigeria’s affluent diverseness to beforehand nationalist unity and economical growth. 
She said, “Nigeria and Canada are peculiar successful presumption of diversity, but unity is cardinal successful leveraging connected divers civilization for the economical summation of Nigerians.”

The station Creative system is Nigeria’s adjacent large happening — Musawa appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.