Institute to document cultural festivals
The National Institute for Cultural Orientation
(NICO) has concluded arrangements to document cultural festivals in the
southwest states, in order to boost tourism potentials, the Executive
Secretary of the Institute, Barclays Ayakoroma, said in Akure at the
weekend.
Mr Ayakoroma, who disclosed this at a two-day
training workshop organised by the Ondo State Ministry of Culture and
Tourism, appealed to governors in the south west states to support the
documentation of various cultural festivals in their states.
Ayakoroma said the cultural sector was one of the
misunderstood sectors in the country, stressing that policy makers and
top government officials see it as basically for the entertainment of
dignitaries at various state functions.
He noted that there was the need to correct the
erroneous perceptions that the cultural sector was only meant for
entertaining purposes.
The government official added that the Institute has started running
full-time certificate and post graduate diploma in Nigeria cultural
studies, with the ultimate aim of professionalising the Nigerian
cultural sector.
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