Creative Industry

Youth Ministry Set For Youth Fashion Empowerment Programme

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6 years ago

February 3, 2021

Joel Ajayi
The importance of training and retraining in the personal development of individuals has been underscored by the Honorable Minister of Youth and Sports Development Mr. Sunday Dare.

In a statement by the Minister’s Media office said “The Ministry of Youth and Sports Development has concluded arrangements to organize the 2021 National Youth Empowerment capacity building Programme on sustainable livelihood skills acquisition in Tailoring and Fashion design for selected youth in the 36 states of the Federation and the FCT.

The objective of the programme is to adress youth unemployment by training the m in relevant skills to meet market demand in the fashion industry for socio-economic development.

According to the Director Enterprise Development and Promotion in the Ministry; Mr. Momoh I. Olugbenga ,”The essence of the programme is to take the youth away from the streets and reduce unemployment.With the empowerment of young Nigerians, crime rate in the country will be dramatically reduced.”

The empowerment programme is designed for young male and female between the age bracket of 15-29 as defined by the National Youth Policy.

The programme include;Developing and scaling up their capacity in tailoring and fashion design ; establish a sustainable livelihood in tailoring and fashion business, Create jobs and become employers of labour.

However, the programme is scheduled to take place from 7th February to 21st February 2021 at the National Youth Development Centre, Shere Hills, Jos, Plateau state for participants from the Northern states , while National Youth Development Centre, Owode-Egba, Ogun state would host participants from the South West states. The programme is designed to create opportunities for the Youth to excel.

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Creative Industry

FG Backs MyCityApp Launch of 100-Day Tourism Calendar to Drive $100bn Economic Growth

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2 weeks ago

September 15, 2026

The Gleamer

Joel Ajayi

The Federal Government has thrown its weight behind the launch of MyCityApp, a Nigerian city discovery and tourism platform designed to aggregate festivals, concerts, cultural events and lifestyle experiences into a single digital calendar.

The platform, which flags off the 100-Day Tourism Calendar, was unveiled on Monday at the Ember2Remember National Stakeholders’ Conference in Victoria Island, Lagos, with the initiative targeting Nigeria’s estimated $100 billion tourism and creative economy opportunity.

In a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja by the Media and Publicity Adviser to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, the ministry said the conference was aimed at mobilising public and private stakeholders to transform the September-to-December festive period into jobs, investment and economic growth.

Speaking at the unveiling, the Minister, Hannatu Musa Musawa, said millions of visitors travel across Nigeria every year to celebrate, reconnect and experience the country’s diverse culture, stressing that the festive season could be deliberately organised and monetised to strengthen tourism’s contribution to the economy.

“This initiative is about moving beyond the traditional concept of a festive season. It is about deliberately organising, packaging, promoting, and monetising one of the most economically active periods in our national calendar,” Musawa said.

She noted that every visitor generates economic activity across several sectors, including aviation, transportation, hospitality, restaurants, entertainment, retail, technology, artisans and local communities.

The Minister commended MyCityApp Chief Executive Officer, Mrs Ifeoma Chukwu, for her vision and commitment to the initiative.

She urged state governments, event organisers, tourism operators, hospitality businesses and other stakeholders to list their festivals, concerts, exhibitions, food experiences, cultural celebrations, fashion and sporting events on the national calendar.

Musawa said the platform would enable Nigerians, members of the diaspora and international visitors to discover tourism and entertainment experiences across the country from a single, credible source.

Earlier, Chukwu said Nigeria’s rich cultural heritage and creative sector provided enormous opportunities for tourism-driven economic growth.

She cited the contributions of tourism to the economies of countries such as Spain, France and the United States, arguing that Nigeria could equally build a $100 billion tourism economy.

Also present were Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Toke Benson-Awoyinka; Enugu State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Ugochi Madueke; NCAC Director-General, Obi Asika; National Gallery of Art Director-General, Ahmed Sodangi; ARCON Director-General, Dr Olalekan Fadolapo; and MTN Nigeria CEO, Dr Karl Toriola.

MyLagosApp and MyCityApp will serve as the digital engines of the calendar, distributing events through a 360-degree media ecosystem to audiences in Nigeria and the diaspora.

Stakeholders were encouraged to upload their events on MyCityApp to participate in the national tourism calendar urging them to upload events on http://www.MyCityApp.io.

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