Lai visits Ransome-Kuti family heritage home
The minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Muhammed on Wednesday visited the on-going reconstruction of the Ransome-Kuti Family House, which is now to be called the Heritage Museum Centre, Abeokuta. At the visit, the Minister pledged that the Federal Government would continue to partner in the development of such heritage sites in any part […]
The minister of Information, Culture and Tourism, Lai Muhammed on Wednesday visited the on-going reconstruction of the Ransome-Kuti Family House, which is now to be called the Heritage Museum Centre, Abeokuta.
At the visit, the Minister pledged that the Federal Government would continue to partner in the development of such heritage sites in any part of the country.
The family home, along the popular NEPA road, Isabo, is where the popular children of the Ransome-Kuti family, including late music icon, Fela, late social activist, Dr. Beko and former Health, Prof. Olikoye were raised.
The state government had took it up as part of efforts to improve on the state tourism potentials and education in order to turnaround such notable individuals and families’s profession into museum and heritage centers.
The State governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun accompanied by the eldest surviving Ransome-Kuti son, Dr. Dotun Ransome-Kuti, the state commissioner for Culture/Tourism, Bashorun Muyiwa Oladipo, Commissioner for Information/Orientation, Chief Dayo Adeneye among other cabinet members, took time to take the minister around the building, which reconstruction had reached about 80%.
Muhammed, who spoke briefly said the government at the centre will continue to support such creative industry, as it will boost our creative economy.
"It will also serve as a model to encourage and inspire youth," even as lauded the contributions of the Ransome-Kuti family to the development of the country.
Answering Daily Trust question on who Fela was to him, the Minister says: "Fela lived far ahead of his time. To many people, Fela was a musician, but, he was more than a musician. Fela defined era. I could still remember that there was this still of trouser that was unique and was copied then."