NATIONAL AGENCY FOR ARTS &
CULTURE TO ESTABLISH
CULTURAL VILLAGES
The
NATIONAL Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) says it will establish cultural villages in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
NCAC Director, Mr. M. Maidugu, made this known in Jos, at the 29th
Meeting of the Chief Executives of Culture in the country. According to him, this was with a view to appropriately tap the huge cultural
tourism resources, which abound in Nigeria. ``Nigeria will soon be second to none among the countries of the world that draw billions of dollars from the global tourism industry," Maidugu said.
He said that the seven-point Agenda and the vision 2020 of President Umaru Yar''''Adua gave the culture sector great challenges in view of its
role in national development. ``Drawing from this, the future is very bright for the sector, as we have very critical role to play in actualizing government''''s overall national objectives," the NCAC director noted.
Maidugu acknowledged that democracy in Nigeria had brought about rapid development in many sectors and pledged to tap the huge resources that abound in cultural tourism. He explained that the meeting was called early to set an agenda for NAFEST 2008 and to reflect on issues brought up at NCAC meeting in Port Harcourt last year. ``It is expected that we plan and begin work early enough on the major national cultural events we have ahead of us such as the Abuja Carnival," he said.
Declaring the meeting open, Plateau Governor Jonah Jang, said tourism in the
state was not man-made like Tinapa, in Cross Rivers State, adding ''''''''here, it is a gift from God.'''''''' Represented by the State''''s Commissioner for Tourism and Culture, Mr. Daniel Ajik, the governor noted that NCAC was a platform to realize the cultural tourism of Nigeria.
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