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By Olayinka Ajayi
The Minister of Art, Culture, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa has stressed that President Bola Tinubu is considering measures to fortify the aboriginal of young people.
Speaking during the convergence of implicit 1,500 creators, storytellers, brands, and policymakers astatine Nigeria’s inaugural Podfestival successful Lagos, the curate commended the organisers and said that podcasting is simply a almighty instrumentality young Nigerians tin harness to amplify our creativity.
According to Musawa, “Podcasting has go 1 of the astir almighty tools for projecting our brushed powerfulness and amplifying Nigerian creativity to the world.
“It is simply a veritable mean that transcends borders, democratising however stories are told and who gets to archer them.
“Our young radical are not conscionable listeners. They are creators. They are hosts. They are writers. They are dependable engineers, researchers and integer entrepreneurs. Everything that speaks to that worth concatenation from the bottommost up. I deliberation podcasting covers everything. President Bola Tinubu is truly committed to looking astatine however we tin fortify the aboriginal of the young people. And the lone mode that we tin bash that is by absorbing arsenic galore young radical into the occupation marketplace arsenic possible.”
On her part, Curator of PodFest Naija and CEO of AT3 Resources, Tosin Adefeko, portion appreciating the curate and reflecting connected the festival’s journey, said, “When we started this journey, our imaginativeness was simple: to archer amended stories. Over time, we realised that everyone was moving successful silos; determination was nary level bringing the people together. We knew thing had to change.
“Podfest Naija was calved retired of that realisation. It’s a festival of stories, a originative convergence designed to observe our voices, collaborate crossed communities, innovate successful however stories are told, and larn from 1 another. Whether we similar it oregon not, the podcast ecosystem is present to stay, and we mean to basal astatine the forefront of that movement.”
The festival’s lineup featured implicit 40 storytellers and taste icons, including Chude Jideonwo, Tunde Onakoya, Adaora Mbelu, Rufai Oseni, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, and Olalekan Fabilola (Masoyinbo), among others.
The station Tinubu committed to fortifying aboriginal of younker — Art Minister appeared archetypal connected Vanguard News.
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