The Honourable Minister of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation, Alhaji Abubakar Sadiq Mohammed, says AFAC Expo 2010 will not only act as a major catalyst, but will help to reposition, propel and galvanize the crafts sector in taking its rightful place by contributing positively to the growth of the nation’s economy.
Africa, the minister maintained, has the comparative advantage in arts and crafts and urged Africans to tap the resources of the Expo and other related efforts of the Federal Government to grow and maket the crafts industry of the region which he said, “is also a platform for exchanging economic and social- regional integration and cooperation which the African Union Charter seeks to promote.
“beyond the immediate, AFAC Expo will also promote import and export of African arts and crafts world- wide, sensitize investors as well as attract public private partnership to the industry” the minister said. He added that the Expo, based on the interest it is generating and the emerging promising prospects for the economic growth and sustenance of Nigeria and indeed Africa, has to be embraced by all and sundry.
Africa, the minister maintained, has the comparative advantage in arts and crafts and urged Africans to tap the resources of the Expo and other related efforts of the Federal Government to grow and maket the crafts industry of the region which he said, “is also a platform for exchanging economic and social- regional integration and cooperation which the African Union Charter seeks to promote.
“beyond the immediate, AFAC Expo will also promote import and export of African arts and crafts world- wide, sensitize investors as well as attract public private partnership to the industry” the minister said. He added that the Expo, based on the interest it is generating and the emerging promising prospects for the economic growth and sustenance of Nigeria and indeed Africa, has to be embraced by all and sundry.
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