”Undoubtedly the biggest achievement recorded at the NAFEST 2016 is that the festival has once again lived up to its original concept of uniting us as a nation,” the Minister said at the closing ceremony of the Festival, hosted by the Akwa Ibom State in Uyo, on Saturday.
”As you are very much aware, what is known today as the National Festival of Arts and Culture started off as the Unity Festival.
This is because it was conceived as one of the tools to re-unite us as a people after the unfortunate 30-month civil war,” he said in a speech read on his behalf by the Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, Mrs Dayo Keshi.
Alhaji Mohammed explained that bringing people from many states across the Federation together for many days in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility is a strong statement, ”and it shows that we have decided to accept and respect one another’s differences and come together as one.
There is no bigger achievement than this, because without peace, there can be no sustainable development”.
He hailed the fact that the Festival was able to hold successfully despite the recession in the country, describing this as an affirmation of the fact that the only sector that is recession-proof is the creative sector.
”As a matter of fact, and this is true all over the world, the creative sector continues to thrive even when the economy is not at its best. There is no bigger validation of the role that the creative sector can play in any economy,” the Minister said.
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