The Federal Ministry of Artwork, Tradition, Tourism and the Artistic Financial system (FMACTCE) and the Nationwide Sports activities Fee (NSC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on growing a Nationwide Arts, Cultural, Artistic, Tourism and Sports activities Innovation Hub inside the Moshood Abiola Nationwide Stadium precinct, Abuja.
The MoU, signed on Thursday in Abuja, goals to harness the inventive, cultural, and sports activities sectors for nationwide growth, youth empowerment, and world visibility.
The Hub will function a spread of amenities, together with a Nationwide Museum of Arts and Tradition, Leisure Enviornment and Efficiency Centre, Youth Artistic and Entrepreneurship Centre, Eco-Villas and Eco-Lodges, Household Leisure Park, Cultural Lounges and Marketplaces, Mounted Video games Enviornment, and Sports activities Heritage Pavilion.
On the signing ceremony, the Minister of Artwork, Tradition, Tourism and Artistic Financial system, Hannatu Musa Musawa Esq., expressed gratitude for the partnership and highlighted the influence of NSC’s Chairman, Mallam Shehu Dikko, on sports activities growth.
“Since Mallam Shehu Dikko got here on board, we’ve had back-to-back wins in sports activities. Thanks for coming to this workplace to debate how we will open a partnership.”
“For younger Nigerians, one of many issues the President has at all times centered on is constructing a greater future for Nigeria, and one of the simplest ways to do this is to diversify within the areas of sports activities and the inventive business.”
“The inventive business can be having an important second, and Nigeria is thought for its cultural belongings. Partnering with the sports activities business by way of this MOU will convey new focus and concepts.”
“This partnership has the ability to empower the younger technology, educate them about our tradition, and supply capability constructing. If this may be replicated in each state, it is going to communicate to a brand new daybreak, particularly in Abuja, and could have a constructive influence on the economic system, job creation, and insecurity.”
” The ecosystem we’re constructing with the museum construction, tourism sector, and inventive business will likely be helpful for Nigerians. I admire the President’s imaginative and prescient and mission, and I’m excited to be a part of this journey”.
Earlier, the Chairman of NSC emphasised the Fee’s alignment with the administration’s Renewed Hope Agenda on sports activities economic system.
“We have to make investments and revamp our sports activities amenities to have round 4,000 actions across the clock. This undertaking will showcase our historical past, sports activities, and tradition, and we’re dedicated to its success. We are going to flip the stadium right into a sports activities metropolis, leveraging present constructions to construct worth for creatives.
“I guarantee you of my staff’s diligence to supply all of the assist wanted to achieve this undertaking,” Mallam Dikko stated.
The partnership between FMACTCE and NSC will facilitate inter-agency dialogue and coordination, promote built-in methods to hyperlink sports activities with arts, tradition, tourism, and the inventive economic system, and encourage public-private dialogue and multilateral stakeholder engagement.
The undertaking will function as a Public-Personal Partnership (PPP), with FMACTCE and NSC offering institutional assist for presidency approvals and alignment.
This collaboration marks a major step in direction of selling Nigeria’s inventive and cultural industries, empowering youth, and showcasing the nation’s wealthy cultural heritage to the world. Each events are dedicated to working collectively to convey this imaginative and prescient to life and create a world-class innovation hub that can drive financial development, creativity, and innovation.
