Lagos Partners Creative Firms, Trains practitioners

The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture has entered into a partnership with two creative firms – EbonyLife Creative Academy and Del-York Creative Academy – to enhance the skills and exposure of about 1,500 practitioners in the State’s creative industry through the Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative (LACI), .

The Honourable Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mrs. Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, who disclosed recently in Ikeja, said that the gesture by the State Government is in continuation of the support already provided by the Lagos State Government for practitioners in the entertainment and creative industry.

She explained that while EbonyLife will undertake the physical classroom training for the beneficiaries, Del-York has been engaged by the government to provide a hybrid version of the online and physical aspects of the training for members of the creative industry.

As gathered by Eko Hot Blog, Governor Sanwo-Olu has approved the training of 480 practitioners, who are desirous of gaining world-class skills and career advancement by EbonyLife from February 2021, stressing that the online version of the training by Del-York Creative Academy will produce 1,000 beneficiaries making a total of 1,480 expected participants.

While noting that the 480 beneficiaries would be trained in four different batches of 120 participants in each quarter of Y2021, the Commissioner revealed that LACI will serve as a training platform for practitioners in the creative sector on the use of modern technology to enhance the content and quality of Nigeria’s entertainment, and project the practitioners as some of the best production crews in Africa and the World.

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Akinbile-Yusuf also added that the State Government decided to go into the partnership with the creative firms because the initiative is in line with two of the development pillars of Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s T.H.E.M.E.S agenda, which are Education & Technology as well as Entertainment & Tourism.

In her words: “As we begin to emerge from the shadow of a global pandemic, it is heartwarming that we can look forward to an increase in activity in the movie industry, which provides so many jobs and supports so many small businesses. The Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative will be a catalyst for growth in this sector”.

She urged interested persons in the creative industry to apply for participation in the training under the Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative through its official website