Culture revival panacea for societal moral decadence – Lai Mohammed

Florence Uwaeme

Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, on Thursday described the revival of Nigeria’s cultural values as the panacea to some of the problems confronting moral decadence in the country.

The minister who was guest at the maiden edition of the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) Joint Venture (JV) Host Community Day held in Rumueme Port Harcourt said: “Yesterday in Abuja, a German journalist asked me my vision of the nation’s culture sector. I told him that my vision was to see a cultural renaissance in the country because of its ability to restore our moral values, which can in turn help in solving many of the problems we, as a nation, face today – whether it is in the area of insecurity, job creation or loss of moral values.

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“It is in furtherance of this that I have always made sure to participate in as many festivals and other cultural events as possible across the country, to give them more visibility and to encourage the organisers,” he said.

In his remarks, the General Manager, District, NAOC, Alessandro Tiani, said the company recognised that communities were unique by their culture, which holds the key to identity, oneness, integration and development; hence the need for the Host Community Day.