The Director-General, National Council of Arts and Culture,
Otunba Olusegun Runsewe has commended the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr John
Kayode Fayemi for his keen interest at the promotion of culture and arts in the
state
He described Governor Fayemi as “one of the greatest
cultural assets in Nigeria who is stoking the arts and cultural sector for the
overall development of Ekiti State and its wonderful homogenous indigenes “
Otunba Runsewe made this observation about Governor
Fayemi after the Director-General,
Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture, Ambassador Wale Ojo Lanre highlighted the cultural strides in Ekiti State at the 49th National Stakeholders Meeting on the National Festival of Arts and
Culture ( NAFEST) held in Benin, Edo State last week.
Ambassador Ojo - Lanre who attended the meeting with two Directors
of the Council, Messrs. Banji Adelusi, Culture and Adeoye Adewuyi, Arts, had
briefed the body of the cultural strides being made by Governor Fayemi at
enhancing the cultural potentialities of the state
“I am bold to tell this distinguished gathering of cultural
administrators of 36 states of the Federation that Governor Kayode Fayemi has brought to life
the hitherto lifeless, moribund , sterile
and dead Arts and Cultural sector
thus empowering it as one of the
essential agents of value restoration and reorientation “, he said.
Ojo- Lanre informed that Ekiti State has commenced the
implementation of the Ekiti State Council for Arts and Culture 2012 Law which
was enacted by Governor Fayemi during his first tenure and which was relegated
and put into the cooler by the previous government.
He revealed that Ekiti State also, via the Law has legally
established Council for Arts and Culture which has been mobilized and
reinforced to promote, enhance and market the cultural ingredients, values,
arts, crafts and heritage sites from being sources of entertainment but of
empowerment, revenue generation and employment creation.
Ojo- Lanre revealed that. within the last two months of
inaugurating the Council, Governor Fayemi has empowered it to attend the 2019 Drum Festival in
Abeokuta, rebranded the State Standing Cultural Troupe, acceleratied the work
on the Cultural and The civic centre, approved the hosting of Stakeholders’
Forum and Creative workshop, stoking of
indigenous industry clusters ,ensured the harmonisation, the unification of the various hitherto disorganized sectoral
association players and rejuvenation of
cultural festivals like Ogun, Oladunwo in Okemesi, Ekiti Parapo War Festival
and institutionalization of culture and arts as the fulcrum of value
reorientation
He pointed out that
one of the signs that Governor Fayemi is doing well in the state was the
presence and attendance of the Ekiti delegate at the Pre NAFEST Technical Forum
being held in Edo State.
Otunba Runsewe declared “I am not surprised about the
stories of good news emanating from Ekiti State because Governor Fayemi is not
only a brilliant and cosmopolitan personality who understands the import of
culture as the base for value restoration, moral rectification and attitude
shaping but an exceptional human being who is determined to employ arts and
culture to drive commerce, investment and investors to the state. And going by
the testimonies and reports from Ekiti State one is convinced that Ekiti State
which has come back to take its front-row position in the cultural agenda of
Nigeria “
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