Creative industry players seek enabling policy, infrastructure

Players in creative industry have called  on the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki  to put policies in place to drive her prestigious art and craft sector.

They also called on the state government to invest in theatres and incubation centres for creative people to harness.

They made the call on Saturday during the discussion session of Edo Creative Industry event at the Alaghodaro Investment Summit in Benin.

Olumide Akpata of Partner Templars, identified the challenges facing the creative industry as lack of policies, infrastructure and access to funding and called for a synergy between the government and private practitioners to tackle the challenges.

Also speaking, a film producer, Lancelot  Imasuen, urged the Edo State government to create a film corporation to coordinate the activities of film makers in the state.