Tinubu, Fayemi, others laud Nollywood, seek quality documentation

PRESIDENT- ELECT, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has promised to take the creative sector to an enviable height, saying it has the potential to raise the Gross Domestic Product greater than the current figure.

Experts believe that Nigeria’s creative industry sector is yet to live up to its full potential, even though it has the capacity to contribute $ 100 billion yearly.

Tinubu said his government would take the industry further by creating conditions necessary for its growth.

Speaking at the book launch of former Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Steve Ayorinde, titled, "30: Three Decades of the New Nigerian Cinema",

Tinubu, who was represented by Kehinde Bamigbetan, said the future of Nigeria depends on what happens to the sector.

The President- elect said he would support the sector and make it easier for it to create the desired technical quality such that the rich industry is positively reflected.

Also speaking, the former Governor of Ekiti State, John Kayode Fayemi, who was chairman of the event, said not enough has been done to "keep us informed about what Nollywood has done to our GDP."

Fayemi said the impact it has, however, made it immeasurable.

While commending the book writer, Ayorinde, for bearing witness to history, and ensuring that "we do not lose" focus in the production of quality and depth, which have grown the industry, he said, "we ( politicians may not be doing fantastically in our vocation, when we see what is happening in the creative industry, we are happy."

The Governor of Kogi State, Yahya Bello, who was represented, by Secretary to the State Government, Folashade Ayoade, said the book speaks to evolution of Nigerian cinema and how it has impacted the country positively.

He said cinema has the force of unity, as it brings together different peoples and cultures.

The Managing Director of Nigerian Films Corporation ( NFC), Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, who was represented by his General Manager, Publicity, Brian Etuk, was full of praise for the book's faithful and exemplary representation of events in