This was revealed in a statement issued by the Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, on Friday during the graduation of the first batch of Terra Kulture-owned Terra Academy For the Arts trainees (TAFTA)
The academy, according to the Minister, will provide accessible vocational and managerial transformation training for the tourism and hospitality sector.
According to the minister, Nigeria was chosen in recognition of the great strides in the Creative Industry, which was approved at the global conference on Tourism, Culture, and Creative Industries held in Lagos last November, adding that the plan to work with Nollywood is positive. changing the image of Africa.
“We are very keen to expand the opportunities available to the youth through training. Therefore, I am happy to announce that we are now working with UNWTO and some private sector players to establish a Tourism Academy in Nigeria,” he stated.
“In recognition of our country’s giant strides in the Creative Industry, Nigeria was selected as one of the two countries in Africa to host the Academy, UNWTO also plans to work with Nollywood to positively change the image of Africa,” he added.
The minister also explained the fact that the Academy plans to train 65,000 children between the ages of 16 and 35 in the next five years, and will be joined by organizations such as TAFTA to teach Nigerian children how to get a job using their creative abilities.
“The Tourism Academy will be supported by organizations such as TAFTA to train Nigerian youths on how to gain employment through creative skills. With TAFTA targeting 65,000 youths between the ages of 16 and 35 for training in the next five years, I can say without equivocation that TAFTA contribute its own quota – and it is a huge quota – to efforts to tackle the problem of youth unemployment in Nigeria,” the minister said.