The official opening ceremony comes up on Thursday, November 17 at NCAC’s Arts and Crafts Village, Abuja.
Director General, NCAC, Mrs Dayo Keshi, told The Guardian that aside the 36 states of the federation, about 16 other African countries have also indicated interest in the one-week exhibition.
Since it debuted in 2008, AFAC has remained a veritable platform, not only for the marketing of various indigenous products, it has equally served as a meeting point for producers of arts and crafts, who annually brainstorm on how to move the sector forward.
Regrettably, government’s interest in arts and culture has continued to dwindle, both in annual budgetary allocation to the sector as well as glaring apathy towards cultural activities.
The Investment Forum, therefore, serves to bring together stakeholders from both public and the private sectors to exchange ideas on how to sustain the sector.
The theme of this year AFAC is ‘African Arts and Crafts: A Catalyst for Investment in Nigerian Creative Industry.’ According to the D.G, more people, especially the private sector practitioners, were beginning to look inward towards creating wealth through indigenous arts and creativity.
She was elated that individual exhibitors, non-governmental organisations as well as groups within tertiary institutions across the country have registered to participate at the Expo.
While accepting that the Expo has evolved over time with series of introductions, Keshi expressed the need to get the multinational organisations involved in the different segments of the market.
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