Governor Sanwo-Olu made the statement on Monday evening while receiving the Nigerian online comedy group, known as ‘Ikorodu Bois’ at the Lagos House, Marina.
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Meanwhile, Heritage Bank doled out the sum of N1 million to Damilola Adeyemi, a winner of an online giveaway competition to celebrate the bank’s product, Ynspyre ambassador, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo, better known by his stage name D’banj, which heralds the launch of the Ynspyre Account set aside for talented young Nigerians in the different spectrum of the creative and entertainment industry.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known to State House correspondents after presenting a portrait of the Argungu Fishing Festival to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Monday.
While performing the inauguration virtually in his office in Abuja on Tuesday, the Minister listed the Terms of Reference for the committee as including the design of an implementation plan on the immediate and short-term relief for the Creative Industry, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Let me assure you that we will study the report with the same seriousness that you employed in preparing it, with a view to ensuring its full implementation, within the realms of available resources,” the Minister said while receiving the report at a virtual meeting in Abuja on Friday.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, also received a pat on the back for the expected intervention.
Xuda, who is the Cultural Counsellor of the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China, gave the advice at a zoom meeting organised by the National Council for Arts and Culture in Lagos.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Tuesday inaugurated the post-COVID-19 Initiative Committee to rebound the creative industry from the effects of the novel pandemic.
Mohammed made this statement at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos during the premiere of the movie: “The Bridge,” produced by Lasun Ray and directed by Kunle Afolayan.
He made the commendation after watching a grand performance of the cultural troupe, Wakaa the Musical, on Monday night at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel in Abuja.
The Minister stated this in Abuja on Friday when he received a delegation from Huaxia Movie Distribution Group, the second biggest movie distributors in China, on a courtesy visit to his office.
In a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the decision to grant the industry “Pioneer Status” is in fulfillment of the promise made by the Acting President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, represented by the Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, at the opening of the Creative Industry Financing Conference in Lagos on July 17, 2017.
The Minister said this in Abuja on Monday when he received the Music Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria on a courtesy call.
In a statement in Lagos on Wednesday, the Minister said the Creative Industry’s potential of creating one million jobs in three years cannot be realized if jobs meant for Nigerians are being exported to other countries under the guise of producing, in other countries, programmes to be consumed in Nigeria.
The Minister made the announcement at the opening of the two-day Creative Industry Financing Conference holding in Lagos, saying 20 people, each investing $50,000, are expected to help make up the required amount.