Our agenda is to make Lagos global hub of creative industry-Sanwo-Olu
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday said that his administration’s agenda is to make the state global hub for the creative industry.
Sanwo-Olu disclosed this while speaking at the graduation ceremony of 890 trainees of the Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative (LACI).
LACI is a partnership project between the state government and Africa Film Academy.
The governor affirmed that the state government is committed to achieving its 30 years development plan which it recently unveiled at Lagos Economic Summit, 2022 Ehingbeti.
He disclosed that one of his administration’s priorities, outlined in the development plan, is to commence the construction of the first African Film City at the Epe axis of the state.
The governor restated his administration’s commitment to collaborate with stakeholders in the entertainment industry to train, retrain and acquire skills that would create an ecosystem to give livelihood to creative minds.
He said his government would ensure it uses entertainment and tourism to connect with the future so that Lagos can be a one stop shop in the world, urging the graduands to harness the opportunities provided in the platform to ensure a better and greater Lagos as well as take the country to an enviable position.
According to him, governance is all about providing opportunity for the youth population, adding that his administration has continued to leverage on this strength to ensure the youths were equipped with adequate skills set for a better tomorrow.
Earlier, Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Uzamat Akinbile-Yusuf, congratulated the graduands and pledged that she would continue to monitor their growth and assist them to produce competent creative works in the industry.
She also said the concept had been expanded to develop the arts and culture for optimum performance to stimulate economic growth, skills and job creation to bridge the gap in the state creative industry.
Also speaking at the event, Chief Executive Officer, African Movie Academy Award, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, said although the mandate was to train 600 but it eventually trained about 890 students from Epe, Alimosho as well as Badagry.
She also said some of the students had gotten jobs already as they were also taught the business angle with the creative side and during the period of empowerment they made films.
