Federal Government has announced plans to partner private sectors for a successful hosting of the 2019 Abuja carnival.
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Mohammed Bello, said this Tuesday when Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture paid him a courtesy visit in his office in Abuja.
Bello, while noting that funding is a challenge for the success of the carnival, tasked the Information and Culture Minister to approach private sectors for the partnership to address funding in exchange for various benefits such as advertisement.
The FCT Minister said the carnival will not only showcase and cement the unity of the country but will automatically create social and economic activity, adding that it will generate movement of resources and upgrading of facilities.
He also tasked the Minister to incorporate fishing festival in 2020 saying Abuja is home to large water bodies.
The Minister of State for FCT, Ramatu Aliyu, who is directly in charge of the carnival on behalf of the assured the visiting Minister of full cooperation towards a successful hosting of the 2019 carnival.
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Mohammed had explained that the essence of the visit was to solicit the FCT Minister’s support and cooperation, as the host and partner for a “carnival that befits FCT.”
He specifically asked for the support in the provision of accommodation for participants from the various states, provision of venues, security, medical services, waste management control, traffic control among others.
“There is no doubt that in order to have a successful Carnival, there must be strong synergy between the Ministry of Information and Culture and the FCTA in particular and, of course, with other relevant stakeholders,” Mohammed said.
He noted that the carnival will be decentralised by taking it to the Area Councils of the FCT, instead of restricting it to a few venues in Abuja.
“Unlike in the past, we have decided to decentralise the Carnival by taking it to the area councils of the FCT, instead of restricting it to a few venues here in Abuja, in order to elicit more participation by the residents of the territory,” Mohammed said.
