The Director General of the National Council of Arts and Culture , believes Nigeria’s huge endowment in the culture and craft sector can help change the tourism fortune of the country.
“We have a lot of talented Nigerians everywhere today but there is no opportunity for them to develop anything. My agency, in recent times, has been changing the narrative. We have been creating wealth through skills acquisition and other empowerment schemes to equip people with the relevant training that would see them earning in the tourism sector. In the coming weeks and months, we hope to introduce other initiatives that would further open up the industry and position it for greatness.
“We need to properly manage the things we have in this country if we are to successfully develop tourism in Nigeria. Every country in the world has their own challenges, therefore, we must do our best to promote and portray the positive aspects of our society rather than always telling others about the bad things in Nigeria alone.
Fela’s Museum and shrine. Nigeria’s late legendary musician, Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s music has a fan base that cuts across the world hence most visitors to Nigeria would always request to visit the shrine now located at the Alausa Central Business District of Lagos and his residence at Gbemisola Street Ikeja. The Kalakuta Museum houses most of the personal attires of Fela while alive. We saw that happen when the French President Emmanuel Macron visited Lagos.
The third is the National Museum Onikan behind MUSON Centre. He tourists have pip in to hundreds of years past and the also contemporary events in Nigeria.