I WILL INCREASE FUNDS FOR ARTS – ATIKU

On the 2023 elections, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, PDP Presidential candidate, on Saturday promised to increase funds for the arts and liberalise the process of its acquisition once elected in the forthcoming elections.

The former vice president made the promise during a special roundtable discussion with Nigeria’s creative, cultural and innovative industry stakeholders in Lagos.

The meeting was aimed at strengthening the country’s booming entertainment space and cultivating more unifying support in championing Nigeria’s creative expression.

The presidential candidate acknowledged that the creative industry was a vital industry capable of immense wealth creation and generating huge employment opportunities.

He said such an industry should not be toyed with as it had been identified as the second most important sector after agriculture.

He further commended the patriotic zeal of the private practitioners in the creative sector in the face of numerous obstacles trying to hinder their progress.

Also, PDP Vice Presidential Candidate, Ifeanyi Okowa, noted that all requests made by the practitioners in the creative sector would be properly articulated just as promised by Abubakar.

Okowa further disclosed that the newly built Film Village in Asaba would be launched by December.