Africa
THE Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has urged Zimbabwe military officers to always display their cultural identity to promote and develop tourism in Africa and the world.
Runsewe gave the advice on Friday when a delegation from Zimbabwe National Defence University, led by Brig.-Gen. Tendai Darutwe, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
He said that Africans should always showcase their arts and culture to the world in order not to lose their cultural identities.
“In Nigeria, our culture is our selling point because our cultural content is our brand identity which our tourism will sell to the world.
“I just came back from China last week. I wear Nigerian products throughout any where I go in the world today.
“And any where I go, I eat and drink as a Nigerian. We must start to be proud of where we come from.
“If Zimbabwe people say this is their way of dancing, everybody will key into it. If you come to Nigeria and we say this is our own ways, we will now find a meeting point.
“So, in globalisation stuff, Nigeria is unique. We have come out strategically to say this is our culture,” the NCAC boss said.
He said that the NCAC had set up skills acquisition programme in every state, adding that every state must be able to show its strength.
“What we have done carefully, we have taken the talents of the world which is called Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) analysis.
“We look at the strengths and opportunities in each state and we bring them out. So, we now bring them to see where they are strong.
“That is the only way we can develop the culture, arts and heritage of the country which is our strategies.”
Earlier, Brig.-Gen. Tendai Darutwe had said that a delegation from Zimbabwe National Defence University came to Nigeria’s Defence Academy to learn and acquire knowledge in order to impact knowledge in students.
He said the visit was to learn and share views on arts and culture to strengthen cultural engagement between the two countries. (NAN)
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