A famend tutorial and former Govt Secretary of the Nationwide Universities Fee (NUC), Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola has applauded Nigeria’s vital position in championing cultural variety throughout the African continent.
Okebulola, the Director of the Institute for African Tradition and Worldwide Understanding (IACIU), gave the commendation in a press release made accessible to newsmen in Abuja.
Talking throughout a high-level symposium held in Abeokuta Ogun State, he disclosed that Nigeria has emerged one of many frontrunners in Africa for the commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of UNESCO’s 2005 Conference on the Safety and Promotion of the Variety of Cultural Expressions.
In keeping with him, “Nigeria’s wealthy cultural heritage is a testomony to the power and resilience of our individuals. As we have fun the twentieth anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Tradition Conference, we reaffirm our dedication to defending and selling the range of cultural expressions in Nigeria and past.”
Okebukola mentioned that “the twentieth anniversary of the 2005 UNESCO Tradition Conference is a momentous event for Nigeria and the complete African continent.
“We name on all stakeholders to hitch arms in our collective efforts to safeguard and promote cultural variety for the good thing about current and future generations,” he added.
He defined that the primary collection of quarterly high-level symposia was efficiently carried out by the Institute for African Tradition and Worldwide Understanding (IACIU), a UNESCO class 2 institute on the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta. Ogun State.
In keeping with him, the chairman of the high-level symposium, Dr. Idowu Olagunju, Secretary Basic of the Nationwide Fee for UNESCO, highlighted the vital position the 2005 conference has performed over the previous 20 years in bolstering the range of cultural expressions particularly throughout the framework of the SDGs.
He added that the particular visitor of honour, Ambassador (Dr). Mary Khimulu who was Kenya’s Ambassador and Everlasting Delegate to UNESCO applauded IACIU for its management position in implementing the provisions of the 2005 conference in Nigeria.
Audio system on the high-level symposium included Professor Yemisi Lydia Olaleye (College of Ibadan), Mrs Loveline Nwachuku (IACIU); Dr. Thankgod Nwuke James (Rivers State College) Professor Oluwatosin Emmanuel Akinsuroju (Federal College Oye-Ekiti) Ambassador Adebola Labiran (IACIU); Dr. Oluwaseyi Mattew Abioye (Landmark College) and Professor Edem Peters (College of Port Harcourt).
The communique of the symposium emphasised the necessity to start cultural safety and promotion from dwelling, highlighting the position of fogeys and for higher public consciousness of the supply of the conference particularly among the many youth and within the rural areas.
In keeping with it, “Will probably be recalled that on February 14, 2025, on the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, Nigeria unveiled the primary of the books marking the twentieth anniversary of the conference, authored by 48 Nigerian students and edited by Peter A. Okebukola.
“The e book titled Cultural Odyssey: 20 Years of Implementation of UNESCO’s 2005 Conference in Nigeria, gives a complete overview of Nigeria’s progress in implementing the conference, its impression on the cultural panorama, and a mirrored image on the teachings discovered all through the 20 years.
It added that Nigeria’s Ambassador and Everlasting Delegate to UNESCO, Dr. Hajo Sani was applauded by her colleague ambassadors for the trailblazing effort of Nigeria.
