The Federal Government says plans are underway for the construction of the Nigerian Creative City, a one-stop hub for talent development and youth empowerment.
Hannatu Musawa, Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy (FMACCE), said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to Musawa, the project is part of initiatives conceived by the new ministry to provide a platform to harness creative opportunities that abound across the country for economic gains.
“We are talking about Nigerian Creative City, which I hope is going to be a one-stop shop for the 49 subsectors within the creative industry.
“So, within this creative city, all the sub-sectors can go there to demonstrate their ability to create and, by so doing, also create jobs and boost tourism for increased contribution to national revenue.
“Although, every single state is going to have the presence of the Ministry of Culture, Art and creative economy,the huge project of creative city will be here in Abuja, the FCT.
“One of the things that I said that we were going to do as a ministry is to contribute to the economic expansion of our country.
“There is a huge real estate, and I continue to say this, in not only culture but in the creative industries that has been completely untapped for a very long time.
“Players within the industry have been able to organically grow the industry in a way that has given value to the industry and themselves.
“Government has to come in now to close all the gaps, to find the way that we can reposition this value to come back in, this is now where you see this $100 billion contribution already,” she said.(NAN)
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