Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Mohammed, has urged stakeholders to finance the culture sector to enhance its performance.
Mohammed who gave the advice on Monday in Abuja at the African Union Conference of Ministers of Culture said that this would lead to wealth creation, youth development and poverty alleviation.
“There is need for this forum to look critically into issues that promote our rich cultural heritage as well as develop our creative industries in the continent. Culture is obviously one sector where we enjoy comparative advantage over other continents,” he said.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Mohammed said that Nigeria had ratified the Charter for African Cultural Renaissance for the development of regional and continental Integration.
“This will indeed, chart Africa‘s course towards technological development and transform its knowledge systems which are necessary responses to the challenges of globalisation,” he said.
Mohammed said the charter would reduce communal clashes and youth restiveness in the continent.
The representative of AU Chairman, Olawale Maiyegun, said when the sector was properly harnessed, it would enhance and strengthen the growth of the economies.
“The cultural sector in Africa has not received the required attention and financial resources it deserves from our governments, in spite of the sector’s huge potential,” he said.
Source:http://www.punchng.com/Articl.aspx?theartic=Art20101027183240
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