Can culture jumpstart job creation and youth empowerment?
Matters arising from NAFEST 2007 BENJAMIN NJOKU Posted to the Web: Sunday, September 16, 2007. Vanguard HOW much can the products of culture be used as tools to addressing the challenges of the time? Is it possible to use arts and culture in providing solutions to the prevailing social problems of unemployment, youth restiveness, poverty, national integration and unity in diversity? Does the greatest challenge facing the Nigerian nation today transcend that of maintenance of territorial integrity to contending with the monstrous activities of the present day youths? If so, what has been the position of government in addressing these issues? These were some of the thought-provoking questions that participants attempted to provide answers to at the colloquium organized as part of activities that marked this years National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST), which rounded off in Makurdi, Benue State, last week. Given the theme of this years festival, which revolved around Culture, Job
