Stakeholders from the culture, creative industries recently converged on Ogba Zoological Garden for a Stakeholders Validation Workshop, which aimed to provide Edo State with a heritage protection and promotion policy draft.
The participants engaged in meaningful discussions on the draft heritage policy, emphasising its importance and potential socio-economic benefits in protecting heritage sites, monuments and traditions, and helping them to become drivers of growth and employment. The workshop shed light on the significance of preserving culture in Edo State.
Other stakeholders, including Mrs. Elizabeth Hannisdal from Visit Edo and Mr. John O. Igbineweka from Igbesanmwan Guild Carvers, expressed their optimism for a comprehensive heritage policy and its potential to enrich the lives of Edo people.