Answering questions from the entertainers at the event, Jonathan said, if the nation’s entertainment industry stakeholders believe that separating the industry from the Ministry of Information is what they want, he will definitely help them to achieve the dream.
“I can move the entertainment industry from Ministry of Information to Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Definitely, it is possible. Before now, each department of government was under one ministry. Ministry of Water Resources was under Ministry of Agriculture. But we separated them just as Communication and Technology was separated from the Ministry of Information.
At a time, the Ministry of Tourism and National Orientation was separated from the Ministry of Information. So, if the entertainment industry believes that it will be good for them, we will do that.”Also, speaking on why he is very passionate about the Entertainment Industry, Mr. President said, the entertainment industry like sports is very important not just at the national level but also, at the local level.
“We are yet to exploit the potentials we have in the industry as I am seeing a big potential in it. In Bayelsa State, we have started promoting the African Movie Academic Award, AMAA.”You will see that if we encourage the entertainment industry, they will do better. Before this time, the entertainment industry and Nollywood were not contributing much but now, even in terms of contributing to our GDP.
They are presently contributing up to 1.4 to our GDP. So, why I am passionate about them is that it will create job opportunities for Nigerian youths. These are the reasons we need to encourage the industry and I think ,we will even make it bigger as we progress.”
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