The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) has expressed its support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s efforts to develop Nigeria’s creative economy and enhance job creation in the country.
The forum stated this in a communique issued and signed by the Chairman of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum and Governor of Kwara State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, at the end of the forum’s 5th meeting held in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
ISSUED AT THE END OF THE 5th MEETING OF THE NIGERIA
GOVERNORS’ FORUM HELD ON WEDNESDAY, 27th August 2025We, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), at our meeting held today, deliberated on issues affecting the country.
1. The Forum observed a minute of silence in… pic.twitter.com/AtKmWOFlJk
— Nigeria Governors’ Forum (@NGFSecretariat) August 28, 2025
The Forum also received a detailed presentation from the Honourable Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism, and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, whom Mr Obi Asika, Director-General of the National Council for Arts and Culture, represented.
The presentation focused on a strategic roadmap to grow the sector’s GDP contribution to $100 billion by 2030 while creating over 3 million jobs.
According to the governors, the roadmap and key initiatives include a $200 million Creative Economy Development Fund and a $1 billion Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation.
The plan also features projects such as the Lagos Arena, Abuja Creative City, and Renewed Hope Cultural Villages, designed to attract investment, expand tourism, and elevate Nigeria’s global cultural presence.
Commending the reforms aimed at strengthening intellectual property and pledging to partner with the federal government, the governors said, “We resolved to collaborate through State Creative Economy Desks, co-created festivals, and the adoption of the Naija Season platform.”
The communique reads: We, members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), at our meeting held today, deliberated on issues affecting the country.
The Forum observed a minute of silence in honour of the late Pa Ahmed Momohsani Ododo, father of the Governor of Kogi State, H.E. Usman Ododo. Governors extended heartfelt condolences to Governor Ododo and his family, praying for the peaceful repose of his father’s soul.
The Forum received a presentation from the Honourable Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa Musawa, represented by Mr Obi Asika, Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, on the Strategic Roadmap to grow the sector’s GDP contribution to $100 billion by 2030 and create over 3 million jobs.
Key initiatives include the $200 million Creative Economy Development Fund, the $1 billion Creative & Tourism Infrastructure Corporation, and projects such as the Lagos Arena, Abuja Creative City, and Renewed Hope Cultural Villages.
Governors commended the reforms to strengthen intellectual property, expand tourism, and elevate Nigeria’s global presence and resolved to collaborate through State Creative Economy Desks, co-create festivals, and adopt the Naija Season platform.