, Hannatu Musa-Musawa on Wednesday, April 24, revealed that the creative industry is targeting a $100 billion contribution to the country’s Gross Domestic Product by 2030.She spoke at the management retreat of the ministry and its agencies held on Wednesday in Abuja, with the theme: “Driving Creativity and Innovation Towards Destination 2030.”
“And honestly, it may sound ambitious, but this is extremely doable. We already have in place a roadmap which has been endorsed by the President.” “I think we can do that. We have a very workable number in the next couple of years. And then what we have envisaged is what was done in the telecoms industry, whereby we saw a leap, we think we can also replicate that within this industry. And part of what we want to do and what we have committed to is Job creation. Job creation is key.This goal, she said is possible through capacity building, stressing that “The future of Nigeria does not lie in oil.
“Within that cultural expansion, we want to look at the creative industry to see Nigerian creators, Nigerian talents all over the world are doing great things all over the world they have tried and have succeeded. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Art, Culture and Creative Economy, James Sule said, “Without creativity, problem-solving becomes limited to existing paradigms, resulting in incremental improvements rather than ground-breaking advancements.