The Entertainment and Creative Services Department is one of the newly created departments by the Head of Service in 2014 out of the old Department of Culture for effective administration of culture in Nigeria giving dedicated attention to the Entertainment and the Creative Sector in Nigeria.
MANDATE:
The Department is charged with the following responsibilities:
- Formulating policies on the Entertainment Industry;
- Promoting the Nigeria Entertainment Industry;
- Promoting the Private-Public Sector collaboration in the development of the Entertainment Industry;
- Providing the regulatory Framework for the Entertainment Sub-sector;
- Packaging the Entertainment content of both International and National Programmes;
- Developing and promoting cultural Festivals and Carnivals;
- Relating with Nollywood for advisory services;
- Overseeing the activities of the National Troupe of Nigeria and the National Theatre; and
- Provide a structure for the Entertainment and Creative Sector in Nigeria for proper coordination.
POLICY THRUST:
The main Policy thrust of the Entertainment and Creative Services Department is to develop the sector in order to contribute to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country as well as generate employment and create wealth for our youth.
STRUCTURE OF THE DEPARTMENT
For effective implementation of the mandate of the Department, it is divided into three (3) divisions viz;
- Cultural Troupes and Music Division; and
- Festivals and Carnivals Division; and
- Special Duties Division.
PROFILE OF AKUDO-NWOSU, UGOCHI N.
AKUDO-NWOSU, UGOCHI N. WAS BORN IN OWERRI, IMO STATE ON 13TH JANUARY, 1967. SHE IS FROM OGWUME, IDEATO – SOUTH, LGA OF IMO STATE. SHE ATTENDED HARETH PATTERSON KINDERGARTEN, ZIK AVENUE PRIMARY SCHOOL, ENUGU, QUEENS SCHOOL, ENUGU, WHERE SHE OBTAINED HER FIRST SCHOOL LEAVING CERTIFICATE AND WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE RESPECTIVELY. SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA, IN 1987 AND OBTAINED MBA FROM THE ANAMBRA STATE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, ENUGU IN 1990. SHE JOINED THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE IN 1991 AS A CULTURAL OFFICER II, GRADE LEVEL 08 FROM WHERE SHE ROSE TO THE POSITION OF DIRECTOR.
UGOBEKE AS SHE IS FONDLY CALLED WAS A PIONEER STAFF OF THE CULTURAL INDUSTRIES DIVISION AND A PIONEER STAFF OF THE ENTERTAINMENT AND CREATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT. AS AN ASTUTE CULTURAL OFFICER, SHE ALSO WORKED IN THE BILATERAL, FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS AND SPECIAL DUTIES DIVISIONS OF THE CULTURE ARM OF THE MINISTRY.
SHE WAS THE TECHNICAL ASSISTANT TO THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, INFORMATION AND CULTURE FROM 2017 – 2020 AND REPRESENTS THE MINISTRY ON MAJOR CREATIVE INDUSTRY TECHNICAL COMMITTEES. SHE REPRESENTED THE MINISTRY ON THE BOARDS OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURE AND THE NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSORS BOARD. IN HER CAPACITY AS A CULTURAL OFFICER, SHE EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTED NIGERIA AND THE MINISTRY AT LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL FORA. SHE HAS ALSO ATTENDED TRAININGS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE, CULTURE AND RELEVANT SECTORS LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.
UGOCHI COORDINATED THE OUTSTANDING PARTICIPATION OF THE 120 MAN NIGERIAN CONTINGENT AT THE 2019 ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO HELD IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND FROM 2ND – 24TH AUGUST, 2019. SHE IS ALSO A CERTIFIED BRITISH COUNCIL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL MANAGER.
AKUDO-NWOSU, UGOCHI IS CURRENTLY THE DIRECTOR OF ENTERTAINMENT AND CREATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE AND HAS OUTSTANDINGLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATIVE INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA THROUGH INNOVATIVE/ CREATIVE CONCEPTS, STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORKS, EFFECTIVE MENTORING AND SUCCESSION PLAN, TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT AND ASSISTANCE TO RELEVANT STAKEHOLDERS. SHE SUCCESSFULLY DEPLOYED CREATIVE ELEMENTS AND REPROGRAMMED THE SUCCESSFUL HOSTING OF THE WORLD DAY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR DIALOGUE AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA.
IN RECOGNITION OF HER OUTSTANDING QUALITIES IN THE DISCHARGE OF HER DUTIES SHE WAS AWARDED THE PRESIDENTIAL CIVIL SERVICE MERIT AWARD ON 27TH SEPTEMBER, 2019 AND 23RD JUNE, 2022 RESPECTIVELY BY THE HEAD OF CIVIL SERVICE OF THE FEDERATION AND ALSO RECEIVED COMMENDATION AWARD FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON 17TH JUNE, 2022 FOR HER COMMITMENT AND DEDICATION TO SERVICE.
COMRADE UGOCHI WAS AN EX – OFFICIO OF THE ASSOCIATION OF SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS OF NIGERIA. SHE BELIEVES IN THE DIGNITY OF LABOUR, HARD WORK, DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY, HUMILITY AND PROMOTES THE CORE VALUES OF THE CIVIL SERVICE IN HER LINE OF DUTY.
SHE IS A FREE MORAL AGENT AND HER HOBBIES ARE: MENTORING, DELEGATING, SOCIAL MOBILIZATION, COOKING, READING, TRAVELING, CAREGIVING, SOCIAL WORK, NETWORKING, ETC.
HER WORK EXPERIENCES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
CAREER HISTORY 1991 – DATE:
• WORKED AT THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ACTIVITIES OF WORLD DECADE FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (WDCD);
• ALSO ASSUMED CULTURAL INDUSTRIES DUTIES INVOLVING RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CULTURAL INDUSTRIES CENTRE AND GUILDS IN THE 774 LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS AND THE FCT TO BOOST ECONOMIC GROWTH, SOCIAL WELFARE AND POVERTY REDUCTION;
• WORKED AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR BILATERAL (ASIA AND AMERICAS) AND ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE ACTIVITIES OF BILATERAL MATTERS RELATING TO AGREEMENTS/PROTOCOL IN ASIA AND AMERICAS COUNTRIES, PARTICIPATED AT JOINT/BI-NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETINGS BETWEEN NIGERIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES,
• WORKED AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS) CHARGED WITH FORMULATING POLICIES, PROMOTING, DEVELOPING CULTURAL FESTIVALS, CARNIVALS AND THE NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY;
• WORKED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR / HEAD OF SPECIAL DUTIES DIVISION OF THE ENTERTAINMENT AND CREATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, 2017 – 2022;
• PRESENTLY THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OVERSEEING THE ENTERTAINMENT AND CREATIVE SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE.
MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS UNDERTAKEN:
• MEMBER OF THE IMPLEMENTATION WORKING GROUP OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE WORLD DECADE FOR CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT (WDCD) (1991 – 1997)
• MEMBER OF THE WORKING COMMITTEE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CULTURAL ORIENTATION (NICO)
• MEMBER OF THE PRODUCTION COMMITTEE AND DELEGATE TO O.A.U PAN – AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL, BRAZZAVILLE, AUGUST, 1996
• PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTIVITIES OF HANDOVER ‘99
• PARTICIPATED IN THE RESEARCH AND COMPILATION OF THE PICTORIAL HANDBOOK ON NIGERIA CULTURAL CALENDAR, DECEMBER, 1999
• PARTICIPATED AT THE CAPETOWN BOOK FAIR IN CAPETOWN SOUTH AFRICA, JUNE, 2007
• PARTICIPATED AT THE AFRICAN WORLD HERITAGE ADVOCACY MEETING, APRIL, 2008
• REPRESENTED THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM AT KADUNA STATE FESTIVAL OF ARTS AND CULTURE, MAY, 2008
• PARTICIPATED IN THE RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION OF TRADITIONAL INDUSTRIES IN THE SIX (6) GEO-POLITICAL ZONES IN 2009
• PARTICIPATED AT THE STAKEHOLDERS CONFERENCE ON CULTURE ABUJA, JUNE, 2010
• DELEGATE AT THE 2ND SESSION OF THE JOINT COMMISSION BETWEEN NIGERIA AND BOTSWANA IN GABORONE, AUGUST, 2010
• DELEGATE AT THE NIGERIA – TOGO JOINT COMMISSION MEETING IN LOME, DECEMBER, 2010
• PARTICIPATED AT THE PREPARATORY MEETING AND CELEBRATION OF 40 YEARS OF BILATERAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA AND PEOPLES’ REPUBLIC OF CHINA, FEBRUARY, 2011
• NEGOTIATED AND COORDINATED THE SIGNING OF THE PROTOCOL OF THE PROGRAMME OF IMPLEMENTATION FOR THE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN NIGERIA AND DEMEOCRATIC PEOPLES’ REPUBLIC OF KOREA APRIL, 2011
• NEGOTIATED AND ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE SUCCESSFUL SIGNING OF THE PROTOCOL OF THE PROGRAMME OF IMPLEMENTATION ON CULTURAL COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, MAY, 2011
• NEGOTIATED AND ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE SUCCESSFUL SIGNING OF THE PROTOCOL OF THE PROGRAMME ON IMPLEMENTATION ON CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA FOR THE YEARS 2011 – 2014, MAY 2011
• NEGOTIATED AND ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE SUCCESSFUL SIGNING OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE RECIPROCAL ESTABLISHMENT OF CULTURAL CENTRES, MAY, 2011
• DELEGATE AT THE MEETING OF THE JOINT STANDING COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS OF NIGERIA – NIGER JOINT COMMISSION ABUJA JUNE, 2011
• ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE TRANSFER OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGREEMENTS AND LEGAL TREATIES FROM THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION TO THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND OTHER MINISTRIES CAPTURED IN THE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL AGREEMENTS, AUGUST, 2011
• ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION OF EGYPT, INDIA, SOUTH AFRICA, AND GHANA AT ABUJA CARNIVAL, NOVEMBER, 2011
• DELEGATE AT THE 11TH SPECIAL IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE (SIC) OF THE NIGERIA/SOUTH AFRICA BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION (BNC) IN CAPE-TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA, MAY, 2012
• COORDINATED CULTURAL INPUT FOR NIGERIA’S PARTICIPATION AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION 2012 YEOSU, SOUTH KOREA, AUGUST, 2012
• NEGOTIATED AND COORDINATED THE SIGNING CEREMONY OF THE AGREEMENT ON CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AUGUST, 2012
• DELEGATE AT THE NATIONAL COUNCIL MEETING FOR CULTURE, TOURISM AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION, AUGUST 2012
• PARTICIPATED AT INTER-MINISTERIAL MEETING ON THE REVIEW OF STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF JOINT/BI-NATIONAL COMMISSION AGREEMENTS AND RELATED BILATERAL COOPERATION INSTRUMENTS WITH NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION (NPC)SEPTEMBER, 2012
• COORDINATED THE PERFORMANCE TOUR OF NIGERIA BY THE ALL-FEMALE CUBAN CULTURAL TROUPE “OBINI BATA CUBA” AUGUST-OCTOBER, 2012
• IMPLEMENTED THE CULTURAL EMBELLISHMENT OF NIGERIAN MISSIONS IN CUBA, OCTOBER, 2012
• COORDINATED THE INTERACTIVE TECHNICAL MEETING OF CULTURE EXPERTS ON STRATEGIC IMPLEMENTATION OF CULTURAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN NIGERIA AND FRIENDLY COUNTRIES, NOVEMBER, 2012
• COORDINATED THE INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPATION AT ABUJA CARNIVAL, NOVEMBER, 2012
• PARTICIPATED AT THE CELEBRATION OF NIGERIA CULTURAL WEEK IN BEIJING, CHINA, DECEMBER, 2012
• COORDINATED NIGERIA’S PARTICIPATION AT TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO CARNIVAL 2013, FEBRUARY, 2013
• PARTICIPATED AT THE VISIT OF THE BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT, H. E. DILMA ROUSSEFF TO NIGERIA, FEBRUARY, 2013
• ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE MEETING AND VISIT OF THE CHINESE CULTURE EXPERTS’ DELEGATION TO NIGERIA, FEBRUARY, 2013
• NEGOTIATED AND ASSISTED IN COORDINATING THE SIGNING OF THE FOLLOWING MOUS BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE PEOPLES’ REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON 25TH FEBRUARY 2013:
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA NANJING MUNICIPAL BUREAU OF CULTURE, BROADCASTING, TELEVISION, PRESS AND PUBLICATION AND FEDERAL MINISTRY OF TOURISM, CULTURE AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION.
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN CHINA NANJING MUSEUM OF JIANGSU, CHINA AND NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NIGERIA
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) ON STRENGTHENING COOPERATION BETWEEN THE JINGLING LIBRARY OF NANJING, CHINA AND NATIONAL LIBRARY OF NIGERIA
• ASSISTED IN NIGERIA’S PARTICIPATION AT THE NIGERIA/SAUDI ARABIA JOINT COMMISSION IN RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA FROM MARCH, 2013
• ASSISTED IN THE CONCLUSION OF NEGOTIATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AGREEMENT ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELDS OF ARTS AND CULTURE FOR 2013 – 2015 FROM 6TH – 8TH MAY, 2013 AND PROTOCOL ON IMPLEMENTATION ON COOPERATION AND EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA FOR 2013 – 2015 FROM 9TH – 10TH MAY, 2013
• CONCLUDED THE NEGOTIATION OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON PREVENTING THE THEFT, CLANDESTINE EXCAVATION AND ILLICIT IMPORT AND EXPORT OF CULTURAL PROPERTY SIGNED IN JULY 2013
• COORDINATED THE TRAINING MISSION FOR STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS (NGA) NIGERIA AND THE NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR MUSEUMS AND MONUMENTS (NCMM) BY EXPERTS FROM NANJING MUNICIPAL MUSEUM, CHINA, OCTOBER, 2013
• COORDINATED THE PARTICIPATION OF EIGHT NIGERIAN CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 12 – 18 AT THE “TRAINING COURSE ON ACROBATICS FOR AFRICA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES”, FROM MAY 8TH 2013 TO MAY 7TH 2014, IN SANGYUAN TOWN, WUQIAO COUNTY, HEBEI PROVINCE, P.R. CHINA;
• CARRIED OUT THE CULTURAL EMBELLISHMENT OF NIGERIA MISSION IN KUWAIT, APRIL, 2014
• MEMBER NATIONAL PLANNING COMMITTEE 2014 NATIONAL CREATIVITY WEEK, APRIL, 2014
• MEMBER OF THE WORKING GROUP FOR THE CELEBRATION OF 2014 WORLD CULTURE DAY, MAY, 2014
• COORDINATED THE EXHIBITION OF EIGTHY AWARD WINNING PAINTINGS OF EGYPTIAN CHILDREN AND THE TRAINING WORKSHOP BY THE EGYPTIAN MINISTRY OF CULTURE FOR STAFF OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS (NGA)
• PARTICIPATED AT PRESIDENTIAL PUBLIC LECTURE HELD DURING THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FEDERAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, 2014
• OFFICIAL AT THE 2016 NIGERIA CULTURE AND TOURISM SUMMIT HELD IN ABUJA
• REPRESENTED NIGERIA AT THE MOMENTUM INTERNATIONAL DELEGATE PROGRAMME, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, AUGUST 2017
• OFFICIAL AT THE 9TH EDITION OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON TOURISM, CULTURE AND NATIONAL ORIENTATION ORGANIZED BY THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE, DUTSE, JIGAWA STATE, 22 -25 NOVEMBER, 2017
• COORDINATED THE ENTERTAINMENT, CREATIVE INDUSTRY AND SERVICE SECTOR INPUT IN THE AFRICAN CONTINENTAL FREE TRADE AREA (AFCFTA) AGREEMENT FROM 2017-2019;
• SERVED ON THE ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE FOR THE BOOK PRESENTATION – MUHAMMADU BUHARI: THE CHALLENGES OF LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA, ABUJA, 2018
• COMPLETED THE CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAMME FOR E-GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA SPONSORED AND ORGANIZED BY THE KOREAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATION IN ABUJA, 16 – 17 JANUARY, 2018
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE BOARD OF NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR ARTS AND CULTURE, 2ND MARCH – JULY 2021
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE BOARD OF THE NATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO CENSOR BOARD (NFVCB), 2ND MARCH 2018 – JULY, 2021
• REPRESENTED THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE AT THE OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE INSTITUTE OF AFRICAN CULTURE AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING, ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, 2ND MARCH, 2018
• SERVED AS MEMBER OF THE SUB – COMMITTEE ON VENUE AND ENTERTAINMENT OF THE 2019 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION PLANNING COMMITTEE, ABUJA MAY 2019
• COORDINATED AND PARTICIPATED AT THE ROYAL EDINBURGH MILITARY TATTOO, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, 2 – 24 AUGUST, 2019
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE AT THE “50 MILLION WOMEN SPEAK PLATFORM PROJECT” IN ABUJA, 20TH FEBRUARY, 2020 – TILL DATE
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE PROJECT TECHNICAL COMMITTEE FOR THE COMMENCEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE INTO THE LAGOS CREATIVE AND ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, 3RD JULY 2020 – TILL DATE
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE COMMITTEE FOR THE REVIEW OF THE NATIONAL OIL SPILL CONTINGENCY PLAN (NOSCP), 25TH AUGUST 2020 – TILL DATE
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF MINES AND STEELS DEVELOPMENT’S COMMITTEE ON GOLD DUTY FREE, 11TH FEBRUARY, 2021 – TILL DATE
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES PROJECT DELIVERY TEAM (PDT) FOR THE REFORM AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF THE NIGERIAN FILM CORPORATION, 7TH JUNE 2021 – TILL DATE
• REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND CULTURE ON THE ADVISORY GROUP ON TECHNOLOGY AND CREATIVITY
• PARTICIPATED AT THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON CREATIVE ECONOMY, EXPO 2020 DUBAI, 7TH – 9TH DECEMBER, 2021
• ORGANIZED ACTIVITIES FOR NIGERIA TO MARK THE 2022 WORLD DAY OF CULTURAL DIVERSITY FOR DIALOGUE AND DEVELPOPMENT, ABUJA, 25 – 26 MAY, 2022
• PARTICIPATED AND MOBILIZED THE CREATIVE SECTOR EXHIBITORS AT THE 2022 UNESCO GLOBAL MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY WEEK HELD IN ABUJA, NIGERIA, 24TH – 28TH OCTOBER, 2022
• PARTICIPATED AND MOBILIZED CREATIVE SECTOR PARTICIPATION FOR THE UNWTO GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON LINKING TOURISM, CULTURE AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES: PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY AND INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT HELD IN LAGOS, NIGERIA, 14TH – 16TH NOVEMBER, 2022
MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:
• ASSOCIATE MEMBER NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
COMPUTER PROFICIENCY: USE OF MICROSOFT WORD
LANGUAGES: IGBO, ENGLISH AND BASIC FRENCH
HOBBIES: MENTORING, COOKING, READING, TRAVELLING