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EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Tinubu-led administration has initiated the establishment of the Nigerian Academy for Cultural Studies (NACUS) as a specialized institution aimed at training individuals in innovative studies and fostering the development of Nigeria’s culture and history.
This specialized academy, recognized as the nation’s foremost citadel of cultural training, has obtained approval from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and accreditation to offer programs leading to the award of National Diploma in Cultural Administration & Human Resources (NDCAHR).
Additionally, its Postgraduate Diploma program is affiliated with Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK).
Already, the accreditation and affiliation have provided an opportunity for certification of individuals who have obtained the Diploma to proceed for higher education in cultural studies, while using the Academy’s Postgraduate Diploma in Cultural Administration to enroll for their Master’s degree.
With the rebranding and elevation of the institution which was hitherto, known as the Training School of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) to a full-fledged higher institution for cultural education and training, there is a clear indication that the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda has come to fully recognize culture and the need for cultural Renaissance to take the center stage in its policy making processes.
According to the Executive Secretary of NICO, Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, this development signifies Nigeria’s recognition, under the present administration, of the paramount importance of embracing culture at its highest echelons.
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This entails integrating cultural antecedents, understanding, and appreciation into policymaking to address imbalanced national behavior and character, thereby emphasizing and revitalizing our cultural values.
“The nation has seen the need to incorporate adequate cultural content in our school curriculum both in the primary, secondary and tertiary education systems.
“What this means is that once we are able to shed off the foreign cultural antecedents, that we have inadvertently imbibed over the years, we will then begin to realize the importance of our innate cultural essentialities which will confer on us as a people, a great dose of originality, thereby paving way for adequate cultural identity.”
He stressed further that no nation can attain a state of National IDENTITY without cultural IDENTITY.
“This first specialized institution to teach culture; the Nigerian Academy for Cultural Studies (NACUS) is a bold step and innovation of the Tinubu administration.
“With the approval of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the consent of the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, it is here on note that the government of Nigeria will begin to view culture as an important element in our day to day life”.
He disclosed that according to the Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Barr. Hannatu Musa Musawa, the institution shall be situated in four geographical locations of Nigeria with campuses in Abuja, Northern Zone, Southern Zone and Eastern Zone.
Ajiboye said the process is currently ongoing to sensitize the Head of Service of the Federation to ensure that such certificates emanating from the academy are employable in the civil service and beyond for cultural workers, entrepreneurs, hotels and tourism agencies among others to benefit from.
The rebranding of the institution stands as a cornerstone of the Tinubu-led administration’s commitment to empowering Nigerian youth in entertainment and fintech, fostering proficiency and prominence in these fields.
Moreover, it aims to leverage cultural heritage to generate employment opportunities and elevate Nigeria’s global standing, emphasizing cultural heritage’s pivotal role in foreign exchange generation.
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