By Yinka Akanbi
Minister of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, has revealed that plans are underway to create two million jobs in Nigeria’s creative industry by 2027.
She added that the ministry would roll out a framework for financing the development of the sector.
The Minister stated this during an interactive session with the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to her, the ministry will work with the NESG on fund generation and capacity building, through which the ministry can contribute 100 billion to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2030.
“With the right funding mechanism, I think we can do so much to help Nigeria out of the doldrums by creating at least two million jobs from the creative sector value chain by 2027.
“The Federal Ministry is the happy place of Nigeria, because is the sector that Nigerians want to hear about; the art, the films, the music, is an expression of who we are.
“This is something that we really want to tap into, especially now that the whole world is interested in the Nigerian content.
“With this, we can reposition Nigeria, so we came up with this brilliant initiative, ‘Destination 2030’, which is poised to change the narrative of Nigeria.
“The government will work towards producing a conducive environment that encourages growth and private investment to ensure that Nigeria’s cultural influence transcends borders as a brand, and unites Nigerians across all initiatives.
“We need to prove to the administration that the ecosystem can really bring value all the way down to the grassroots.
“So, funding for our programs is very key and I would love to share a number of these initiatives and programs with you to see where we can pull the funds from,” she said.
