Otunba Olusegun Runsewe
27 Dec
Exactly 23 years after the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and its sibling, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were announced, UN’s aim of ending global poverty, hunger and gender inequality by 2030 still has a long way to go without culture.
29 Jul 2023
The Director General, National Council for Art and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has revealed that the International Arts and Crafts Expo (INAC) scheduled to hold between September 7 and 9 in Abuja, will debunk every negative perception people have about Nigeria
20 Jul 2023
The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has called on Nigerians to put their differences aside and help in building the Nigeria of their dream.
18 Jul 2023
The Director General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and President, World Craft Council (WCC), African Region, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe, has solicited a direct flight from Nigeria to Houston, Texas. The NCAC boss made the call while addressing the Mayor of Houston City, Mr Sylvester Turner, during an event hosted in his honor by…
17 Jun 2023
The National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) has called on President Bola Tinubu to make the establishment of a sole ministry for tourism and culture a priority, for the advancement of the industries.
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The incoming democratic dispensation, to be inaugurated on May 29, 2023, presents an ample opportunity for the country to reposition its behavioural orientation to meet the developmental aspirations of the new era, culture stakeholders have said.
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