In a bid to promote cultural orientation, patriotism and nationalism, the National Council for Arts and Culture has organised a series of campaigns to rouse the interest of the Nigerian youth in having a sense of identity and oneness with their motherland.
In commemoration of the nation’s 61st independence, the Council held an exhibition for Nigerian school youths and school children at the State House on the 30th of September 2021.
The essence of the exhibition as directed by President Buhari was to catch the Nigerian school children young in nationalism, patriotism and cultural orientation.
The 3-day exhibition set up by the National Council for Arts and Culture at the presidential Villa was to enable the invited primary and secondary children to not only have a tour of the stand, but also to help them have a feel of the seat of the Federal Government called the Presidential Villa or the State House.
The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Segun Runsewe stated this while addressing the primary and secondary school children that were invited to participate at the exhibition.
Point News reports seeing children from Tudun Wada government secondary school and Olumayu secondary school being hosted to a tour of the exhibition stand on the first day.
Children from Hilltop and Government secondary school Gariki were hosted on the second day, while school children from EmmaTony International school Kurudu and Glisten International Academy Jahi, were hosted on the second and third day respectively.
Otunba Runsewe assured the children that they are the future leaders and that they should start early to develop the right frame of mind to enable them achieve great feats in life.
He added that among the children present were future Presidents, Vice Presidents, Governors, Deputy governors, Ministers, Senate Presidents, Judges, Senators, Speakers of the federal and state assemblies, Commissioners, etc
The NCAC Director General, also added that in the Arts and Craft sector, nobody is a failure because there is room for everybody to excel in the creative world of Arts and Craft since the sector offers great opportunities for everybody to showcase his or her God given talents.
Runsewe while decorating the children as future ambassadors told them that they should start now to prepare their minds to take over the affairs of this country when the time is ripe.
He admonished them to get to know each other, build bridges and relationships that will cut across zones, ethnic and religious boundries and above all put their country and nation building first in all their endeavours so that their patriotism to their fatherland will not be questionable.