The Federal Ministry of Information and Culture and the Embassy of Spain in Nigeria have announced the plan to jointly organize a music festival, to be held in Lagos or Abuja, for budding Nigerian musicians.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Spanish Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr. Juan Ignacio Sell, announced the plan in Abuja last Friday, when the Ambassador paid a courtesy visit to the Minister.
They said the festival would allow young Nigerian musicians to showcase their talents, and those who excel at the festival would be invited to music festivals in Spain to give them exposure and a platform to showcase their talents.
The minister thanked the Ambassador for proposing the music festival and said, “We welcome this proposal with both hands.”
He expressed the hope that the festival can be held in December 2022.
Alhaji Mohammed said that Nigeria and Spain share diversity and creativity, adding that he hopes to deepen relations with Spain in the areas of culture, tourism and creative industry.
He also thanked the Ambassador for the plan of the Embassy of Spain to provide a chair of Spanish language at the University of Lagos, starting next year, to promote the teaching of the Spanish language in Nigeria.
”We hope that this will be followed by the opening of Spanish Cultural Centers in Nigeria. We started well and this is one of the ways to finalize the agreements that we signed in Spain during the state visit of President Muhammadu Buhari in May”, said the minister.
Previously, the Ambassador had said that Nigeria and Spain enjoy strong relations, but pointed out the need to grow and extend relations to other fields.
Cultural relations are a very relevant part of our bilateral relations. Strengthening it will help bring our countries and peoples even closer together,” said the envoy.
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Nigeria and Spain will organize music festival for young musicians