The Governor of Lagos State, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has announced plans by the Lagos State Government and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture to redevelop the National Museum situated in Onikan, Lagos.
The Governor in company of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, dropped the hint during a visit and tour of the National Museum on Monday. Governor Ambode during the tour, expressed optimism that the collaborative effort of the State and the Federal Government will be beneficial to the country in terms of development and preservation of monuments.
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He referred to an on-going multi-story car park complex being undertaken by the State Government near the National Museum as a project that will compliment the envisaged collaborative arrangement.
The Governor reiterated his resolve to use tourism, hospitality, entertainment and sports to drive development of the State. He averred that the expected gains of the partnership with the Federal Government on the National Museum will further reduce gaps in job creation with the engagement of artisans and other related skills. In the long run, this will cause a leap in the State GDP while other positive multiplier effects will be recorded in the State economy.
The Honourable Minister for Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed expressed his joy at the interest shown and demonstrated by the State Government and referred to the partnership as “a dream come true”
In his own reaction, the Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Folorunsho Folarin-Coker noted that the synergy between the Lagos State Government and the Federal Ministry of Information and Culture under Alhaji Lai Mohammed will take the tourism and culture sector to the highest level ever witness in the country. Mr. Folarin-Coker expressed optimism that the partnership on the National Museum project portend a good omen for the entire country in terms of the deliverable and long term socio-economic values .
The Federal and the State Government teams led by the Minister and the Governor include the Director General, National Commission for Museums and Monuments, Mallam Hamdala Usman, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, Mr Folorunsho Folarin-Coker, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Arts and Culture, Hon Adebimpe Akinsola, the Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr Steve Ayorinde of the Lagos State executive council and Permanent Secretaries.
