We Want To Make Lagos Hub Of Creative Industry, Says Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has said his administration is determined to make the state a hub of creative industry that will be revered across the globe.

Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed this yesterday while speaking at the graduation ceremony of 890 trainees of the Lagos State Creative Industry Initiative (LACI), a partnership project between the state government and Africa Film Academy.

He affirmed that the state government was committed to achieving its 30 years development plan which it recently unveiled at Lagos Economic Summit, 2022 Ehingbeti.

Governor Sanwo-Olu disclosed that one of his administration’s priorities outlined in the development plan was 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 used entertainment and tourism to connect with the future so that Lagos could 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.

He said, “And we know the creativity industry is one of the industries that we can use to leapfrog our citizens so that they can be global players.”

Earlier, the state’s 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.