The Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Obi Asika, says the 2024 edition of the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) will be held in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). He disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja. NAFEST, a flagship programme of NCAA, is acclaimed to be a veritable cultural platform for promoting national unity, mutual acceptance and peaceful co-existence among Nigerians, irrespective of ethnic , culture and religiousl differences.
According to Asika, the 2024 edition of the annual cultural fiesta which is the first under his watch as director-general of NCAC, will be held in the nation’s capital to resonate the call for national unity. He said the FCT edition was symbolic of the “Renewed Hope Agenda” of President Bola Tinubu’s administration and will chart new trajectory for the cultural fiesta. He added that NAFEST had come a long way, and it was high time it was improved with new innovations and packaged to attract larger audiences, including the diaspora community.
“This year’s NAFEST will be hosted in the FCT and we are trying to involve all stakeholders, especially the FCT authority because we need collaborations,. “Abuja, first of all is a beautiful city, and then is Nigeria’s capital, so, we are set to give it the global media attention it deserves. “The festival will be revamped with some key elements and initiatives that are brand new, and it will.