By Ozolua Uhakheme, Assistant Editor Arts
National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC) and the Kingdom of Belgium are collaborating to have major cultural exchange between both countries this year. The exchange will involve projects that will be of mutual benefit to both nations in areas of fashion exhibition, music, dance, art and crafts and cultural festivals among others.
The Belgian Ambassador to Nigeria, Daniel Dorgent, said there is need to come together and work on projects which will be of mutual benefit to both nations via presentation of fashion exhibitions, music and dance, art and crafts, cultural festivals amongst other noble initiatives.
The envoy spoke while on a visit to the NCAC soliciting collaboration from Otunba Segun Runsewe led council.
Dorgent said Nigeria is a country with great potentials adding, “we stand to benefit from some of these interesting potentials adding that the project could involve Nigerians and Africans in the diaspora.
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Director general NCAC, Otunba Segun Runsewe promised to provide the necessary logistics like venue, publicity and security to ensure a successful outing.
Runsewe observed that Nigeria and Belgium have a long relationship in sports while sharing mutually beneficial economic ties with no less than 40 Belgium companies doing extremely well in Nigeria.
According to him, “As far back as 1984, over eleven Nigerian professional footballers plied their trade in the Belgian league. You will recall also that in the last Olympic, Nigeria and Belgium played the volleyball final.”
Runsewe added that, “As a body we have collaborated with Iran, Bangladesh and China. So for your exhibition, we will put in our best to ensure the program meets international standards.”
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