Yemisi Shyllon, founder, Omooba Yemisi Adedoyin
Shyllon Art Foundation (OYASAF), has urged the the Federal and State
Governments to create incentives for the rapid growth of arts in the country.
Shyllon said in Lagos on Sunday that
with serious interventions from the government, Nigerian arts could be the most
cherished in the world.
The
arts’ enthusiast said that Nigerian arts are raw and it would be well
appreciated and only when we do that we are contributing to civilisation.
"We have lots of talented youths in Nigeria, the only thing needed is to
create a platform for them and that is what we want government to do. The youth
and some other artists are ready to go and create a lot in the area of arts and
they are committed in doing that. We do not want the present generation to be a
wasted one, that is why I am calling on government at all levels to quicken their
action in providing structures to help arts growth,” he said.
Shyllon, however,
said that the country’s economy needed to be diversified, noting that this
could be achieved through the arts. "We should be striving until we
achieve what we want, even when we are not getting it right, we should not
relent. It is a long road but we are ready to travel that road to get it right.
I want to help to develop this culture of creativity for the country and in
young ones; we have to catch them young,’’ he said.
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