The Nigeria Film Corporation (NFC), National Theatre, Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), including private stakeholders at the 2025 Sectoral Retreat organised by the Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy (FMACT&CE) have assured of their commitments towards the implementation and achievement of all projects and programmes objectives through, collaboration/partnerships, effective and timely service delivery.

The retreat held August 20 and 21, 2025 at the Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja.

Themed , ‘Strategic Repositioning of Nigeria’s Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy for National Development and Global Competitiveness’, it had in attendance the minister, Hannatu Musawa; Dr. Muktar Muhammad (Permanent Secretary, FMACTCE), Senator Mohammed Ogoshi and Mohammed Muktar of the National Assembly, Chief Executive Officers and Directors of MDA’s, as well as other art, culture and tourism stakeholders.

The objective of the two- day retreat was to, among others, align the Ministry’s strategies with government’s national development priorities, strengthen inter-agency collaboration, develop a performance and implementation framework, identify and deal with key legislative, institutional and financing reforms, and the adoption of a global mission, vision and values to guide the seamless implementation of the Multi-Sectoral Strategic Plan (MSSP 2026-2030).

Highpoint of the retreat was the signing of the Performance Bond between the Minister, the Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive Officers, and Directors of MDA’s, affirming their commitments towards the implementation of (FMACTCE) Ministerial Deliverables.

At the NFC, “we are not only committed to supporting the delivery of projects and programmes that align with governments national development priorities; we identify, create enabling environments, offer professional and transformational critical intervention services, provide training and capacity building opportunities, and film commission services, among others; in addition to powering possibilities,” said the Managing Director of NFC, Dr. Ali Nuhu.