NICO holds 2nd annual public lecture on culture

The public lecture the 2nd in the series was held at the National Theatre, Iganmu,   Lagos state. This year’s public lecture with the theme “The Economics of Cultural Administration in Nigeria: leapfrogging through the dark tunnel” was attended by interested parties in the cultural sector, academics and prominent Nigerians. Speaking   at the event, Executive Secretary […]

The public lecture the 2nd in the series was held at the National Theatre, Iganmu,   Lagos state.

This year’s public lecture with the theme “The Economics of Cultural Administration in Nigeria: leapfrogging through the dark tunnel” was attended by interested parties in the cultural sector, academics and prominent Nigerians.

Speaking   at the event, Executive Secretary of NICO, Dr. Barclay Foubiri Ayakoroma   said the  said the success recorded at the maiden edition of the lecture encouraged the institute to forge ahead in order to sustain the programme.

He said the vital role culture could play in contemporary developments informed the need to occasionally revisit and reappraise our value system to discern whether we are still on the right track, adding  that  we need to re-evaluate the entire process to reposition the sector for national development in line with the vision 20:2020 blueprint.

The  NICO boss paid tribute to erudite scholar, Professor Emeka Nwabueze of the department of Theatre and Film Studies, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, who  was the guest lecturer  at the inaugural lecture  tagged “The culture sector and Nigeria`s  democracy”  and which according to him,  set the  stage for this second annual lecture.

“This annual public lecture remains a viable option for exploring workable strategies for developing the culture sector. This year’s topic: “the Economics of Cultural Administration in Nigeria: leapfrogging through the dark tunnel“, is conceptualized to enable us device practical ways where our cultural potentials could aid in shoring up the status of our economy.”

Dr. Ayokoroma said there is no gainsaying the nation’s cultural potentials have not been properly harnessed to drive our national development initiative because of poor cultural administration in the country, adding that Nigeria cannot afford to pay lip service to the culture sector anymore.

The event witnessed cultural dances, dramas, drumming, oratory and paper presentations by distinguished scholars.