- Musawa highlighted the ongoing comprehensive research into Nigeria’s cultural treasures nationwide
- The minister disclosed that the Federal Government has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with several states
- Obasanjo said he believes that the facility has the potential to inspire and equip future generations with essential skills and knowledge.
Hannatu Musa Musawa, the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy has reaffirmed that the president Tinubu led Federal Government commitment to building a creative economy through culture, tourism, and the arts during a recent visit to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s presidential library in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Eko Hot Blog reports that as part of the government’s diversification strategy, Musawa highlighted the ongoing comprehensive research into Nigeria’s cultural treasures nationwide
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This includes plans for the Abuja Creative City and other creative cities across the country, under the Renewed Hope Culture and Creative Project.
The minister further disclosed that the Federal Government has signed Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with several states, including Ogun State, to strengthen collaboration in this sector.
She said: “So it’s President Bola Tinubu’s vision to create something long term and sustainable within the cultural, creative and traditional landscape. It is very important for us to do holistic and wholesale research around the country for wherever there is a treasure trove of who we are as a people.
“I felt it was very important for us to come here to visit the library because, you know, we’re trying to build on this landscape, our history, trying to tap and leverage on what was and what is and where we can be.
“We’re creating an Abuja creative city and doing different creative cities all across the country and in different states. The Renewed Hope Cultural and Creative Project has already come. We have signed a number of MoUs with some states. We are here in Ogun. Yesterday we signed the MoU between the Federal Government and Ogun State because the President wants to reach the grassroots.”
Musawa also recalled her late father’s relationship with Obasanjo, saying they were in the trenches together a long time ago.
She said: “Baba (referring to Obasanjo) has been sort of a staple in my life. My father, Alhaji Musa Musawa and him were in the trenches together a long time ago. So, I have known the contribution he has made not just to national service and African service, but for me, I see this as a Nigerian duty.
“It’s important for us as Nigerians to look at our shared future as one and you know I have learnt a lot from here because some of the experiences that Baba had himself, being a part of building Nigeria from the independence up till now, he continues to contribute his quota, innovation, and trying to build a bridge for the young people with the capacity building.”
In his remarks , Obasanjo described his presidential library in Abeokuta as a national treasure, contributing to the lives of young Africans through leadership and entrepreneurship training.
He stated that several state governors have expressed interest in sending youths for training at the facility.
The former president said the recently launched Olusegun Obasanjo Library Institute focuses on enabling African youth to learn from successful leaders and understand the challenges they faced and how they overcame them.
While agreeing with Minister Hannatu Musa Musawa’s statement that the library has not been promoted adequately to Nigerians, Africans, and the global community, Obasanjo believes that the facility has the potential to inspire and equip future generations with essential skills and knowledge.
His words: “I thank you for the point you have made that we are not making ourselves visible enough. Anybody who has come here, when they hear of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, they think of books. When they come in and see, they will ask, ‘why are you not advertising yourself?’ Maybe we will learn public relations, advertisement, making ourselves known.”
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