Kaduna has potentials to be Nigeria’s culture hub – Runsewe

The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has said Kaduna State has all the potentials to be the cultural hub of Nigeria contributing billions of naira to the national economy from its arts and culture sector alone.      He said this when he visited the state for […]

The Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Segun Runsewe has said Kaduna State has all the potentials to be the cultural hub of Nigeria contributing billions of naira to the national economy from its arts and culture sector alone.     

He said this when he visited the state for the 47th meeting of Chief Executives of Culture of the Federation (CEC).

Runsewe who went on a facility tour preparatory to the 39th National Festival for Arts and Culture (NAFEST) holding in Kaduna from October 14th to 21th this year 2017, said his aim is to use Kaduna as a benchmark and model for different states to start harnessing their respective cultural potentials which he noted would translate to job creation and massive economic gains for Nigeria.

The NCAC boss explained that he was introducing a new dimension to NAFEST by going on a facility tour before the event. He said, “this time, we are visiting the facility of all the venues we are using to know how prepared the state is and that’s why we have 21 directors to represent different states of the federation and we are going to tour with all of them. The whole point is to make sure that the venues are set and can deliver a befitting festival this year.”

He expressed optimism about the use of cultural diplomacy to address must of our issues most especially the current trend of hate speeches and agitations in different part of the country, saying, “The best option to solve this issue of hate speeches is cultural diplomacy which is what we are going to establish this time and we are re-awakening the consciousness of Nigerian’s that we can solve a lot of problems in our society through the use of our culture.”