{"id":60540,"date":"2025-02-05T10:09:49","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=60540"},"modified":"2025-02-05T10:09:49","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T10:09:49","slug":"nigerias-creative-economy-to-hit-100-billion-by-2030","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/02\/05\/nigerias-creative-economy-to-hit-100-billion-by-2030\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria\u2019s Creative Economy to Hit $100 Billion by 2030"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Gabriella Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s creative and tourism industries are projected to generate at least $100 billion by 2030, significantly contributing to GDP growth and creating over 2 million jobs, according to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola Tinubu, Musawa announced the establishment of the Creative and Tourism Infrastructure Corporation to drive investments in these sectors through a Public-Private Partnership (PPP), model.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She emphasized that Nigeria\u2019s creative and cultural heritage is globally recognized, and the administration is committed to leveraging this potential to diversify the economy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Key initiatives include the development of Abuja Creative City, a national music arena, 5,000 cinema screens, and upgrades to cultural landmarks such as the National Gallery and the Wole Soyinka Lagos Center for African Arts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Musawa stressed the importance of bridging infrastructure gaps to unlock the full economic potential of the creative and tourism industries.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to attracting investment, nurturing talent, and positioning Nigeria as a global creative hub.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Gabriella Ogbu &nbsp; Nigeria\u2019s creative and tourism industries are projected to generate at least $100 billion by 2030, significantly contributing to GDP growth and creating over 2 million jobs, according to the Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism, and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa. &nbsp; Speaking after the Federal Executive Council meeting chaired by President Bola [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":60541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60540"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60542,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60540\/revisions\/60542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}