•Plans to assemble Nigerian musicians to produce national unity song
Sunday Aborisade in Abuja
The Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, has promised to implement policies and framework that would enable Nigeria to generate unprecedented revenue from the creative industry.
Musawa, who stated this at a media briefing in Abuja, yesterday, also expressed plans by her ministry to unite Nigerians by showcasing the rich culture of all the ethnic nationalities that made up the country.
She hinted of plans to gather musicians across the country to produce a national song that would preach love, patriotism, hard work and unity in diversity.
Musawa said the song would be adopted as a national music that would be played in all public institutions and special occasions, after the national anthem.
She, therefore invited frontline musicians both within and outside Nigeria to approach her ministry for the special project.
Musawa said, “Apart from the potential of bringing unprecedented revenue to Nigeria, my Ministry will change the country’s negative perceptions by the outside World.
“We will use the creative industry to recreate and nurture the unity, love and patriotism that our forefathers bequeathed to us
“These great attributes had been lost among Nigerians as a results of certain events in the last few decades
“We really need to know who we are as a nation and how we could transform our rich cultural values to a wide range of opportunities that would bring honour and glory to us as a nation.”
She added: “I will strive towards making us as a nation to re-unite upon the beauty of what makes the 250 diverse cultures so unique.
“We will implement an action plan already put in place in line with the vision of President Bola Tinubu while I also call on all Nigerians to also come forward with their own ideas to move our country forward.
“We want to come up with a national unity song that would really mean so much to every part of Nigeria because everyone would be able to identify with it.
“Music is a major unifying factor and the song would be transported to all the nooks and crannies of the country through the internet and traditional media.
“We are therefore, inviting musicians both old and young, from all parts of the country to start thinking towards what they could do in that regard.
“The song will be a national song that would played in all public functions and institutions,” she said.
