The Federal Government has established the Nigerian Academy for Cultural Studies (NACUS), a specialized institution aimed at training individuals in innovative studies and advancing Nigeria’s culture and history.
Otunba Biodun Ajiboye, Executive Secretary of the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO), disclosed this in a statement on Monday.
Ajiboye highlighted that NACUS will function as the nation’s premier institution for cultural training, emphasizing its transition from NICO’s training school to an institution accredited by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE).
He further noted that NACUS has obtained accreditation to offer a National Diploma program in Cultural Administration & Management (NDCAM), while its Postgraduate Diploma program is affiliated with Nasarawa State University.
Ajiboye underscored that this development signals Nigeria’s commitment, under the current administration, to prioritize culture at the highest level.
“We appreciate the federal government for the rebranding and elevation of the institution, which was hitherto the training school of NICO, to a full-fledged higher institution for cultural education and training.
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“This is a clear indication that the President Bola Tinubu’s renewed hope agenda has come to fully recognise culture and the need for cultural renaissance to take center stage in its policy making processes.
“The nation has seen the need to incorporate adequate cultural content in our school curriculum both in the primary, secondary and tertiary education systems.
“What this means is that we are able to shed off the foreign cultural antecedents that we have inadvertently imbibed over the years.
“We will now begin to realise the importance of our innate cultural essentialities which will confer on us as a people, a great dose of originality, thereby paving way for adequate cultural identity,” he said.
Ajiboye noted that the accreditation and affiliation have provided an opportunity for certification of individuals who have obtained the Diploma to proceed for the Postgraduate Diploma programme and eventually enroll for their Master’s degree.
He said efforts were already in place to involve the Head of Service of the Federation to ensure that certificates from the academy are accepted in the civil service and beyond.
He disclosed that “according to Hannatu Musawa,the Honourable Minister of Art, Culture and the Creative Economy, the institution shall have campuses in four geographical zones of North, South and East and in the FCT.
