The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s reforms, particularly those related to strengthening intellectual property, expanding tourism, and enhancing Nigeria’s global presence.
The forum, therefore, resolved to collaborate with the Federal Government by establishing State Creative Economy Desks, co-creating festivals, and adopting the Naija Season platform.
These highlights were contained in a communique at the end of the governors’ meeting at the NGF Secretariat, Abuja, on Wednesday night.
In the three-point communique, which was signed by the chairman and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, and read by Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State, the governors said the resolve to collaborate with the Federal Government came after they received a presentation from the Honourable Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa.
Represented by Mr. Obi Asika, Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, the minister briefed the governors on the Strategic Roadmap to increase the sector’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) contribution to $100 billion by 2030 and create over three million jobs.
“Key initiatives include the $200 million Creative Economy Development Fund, the $1 billion Creative & Tourism Infrastructure Corporation, and projects such as the Lagos Arena, Abuja Creative City, and Renewed Hope Cultural Villages,” the communique stated.
Earlier, the forum observed a minute of silence in honour of the father of their colleague, Governor Usman Ododo, late Pa Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, even as they extended heartfelt condolences to the Kogi State chief executive and his family, praying for the peaceful repose of his father’s soul.
