Institute Takes Culture Consciousness Campaign To Students

Executive secretary/chief executive officer of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), Ado Muhammed Yahuza, has said the introduction of children’s fiesta would stimulate cultural consciousness among Nigerian children.

Yahuza spoke yesterday at this year’s children cultural fiesta in Abuja with the theme: “Culture, Creativity and the Future of the Nigerian Child.”

He said the children’s cultural fiesta, an offshoot of the INICO’s Cultural Club in secondary schools, was designed to stimulate culture consciousness among students, create a platform to discover young talents in culture and creative arts as well as encourage cooperation and healthy competition among the students.

The NICO boss said, “While this serves as a platform for the promotion of culture consciousness, creativity, national pride and identity on a weekly basis, the cultural fiesta on the other hand provides an opportunity annually for members of the Cultural Club to display what they have learnt through competitive and non-competitive events.

“It is gratifying to note that schools were invited to participate in this edition of the Children Fiesta on the basis of their membership of the NICO Culture Clubs. It is our desire to establish the NICO Culture Clubs in all secondary schools in the FCT and nationwide.

“It was carefully selected to emphasize the critical importance to national development and to stimulate creativity in our students. We are convinced that the sure way to make our children good leaders of tomorrow is by laying a solid socio-cultural and economic foundation for them.

“In this regard, I wish to assure you that this edition is a rich package that would expose our children to the beauty of our rich cultural heritage in music and dance, traditional cuisine, fashion parade, cultural quiz, lecture and roundtable on theme of the fiesta,” he said.

The schools which participated in this year’s edition included Government