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The management team of NCAC with Otunba Runsewe in white with the officers and the trainees
The Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army led by Major M. T Bent has lauded the director general of the National Council for Arts and Culture for using culture based dramas in educating the masses to eschew various vices.
Speaking when the students and instructors of the Guards Brigade of the Nigerian Army who were on excursion to the Council headquarters, Major Bent stated that the excursion to the headquarters of the NCAC was a home coming for the Nigerian Army as the Army was a product of the Nigerian culture.
Bent who noted that they are many areas of collaboration between the Army and the Council, called for better synergy between the Army and NCAC for the overall interest of peace, social harmony and development of Nigeria.
Speaking while welcoming the delegation, the director general NCAC, Otunba Segun Runsewe said the Nigerian Army stands for unity and peace of the country which are the core elements of the country’s culture.
The director general commended the Nigerian Army for the outstanding roles they have been playing to unite the nation and bring about sustainable peace and social harmony.
According to Runsewe, culture is the greatest value of the people and since culture cannot thrive in an environment devoid of peace, he congratulated the Army on the efforts they are making to ensure that natural peace and sustenance of democracy are given adequate attention in the nation.
Runsewe informed the officers and men of the Guards Brigade that his Council is using culture to change the negative narratives of Nigeria and he enjoined the military to continue as ambassadors of Nigeria culture wherever they find themselves.
He added that his Council will join hands with the Nigerian Army to ensure that their next West African Social Activity (WASA) is taken to Maidugri in the North East of Nigeria to prove to the world that peace has returned to Nigeria especially in the North Eastern part of the country.
He advised them to also appreciate other people’s culture whenever they are on foreign missions in order to avoid unnecessary tension while discharging their duties outside the country.
Answering a question on how culture could contribute to the eradication of unemployment in Nigeria, Runsewe told his guests that the National Council for Arts and Council has within the last one year trained over Seven hundred and twenty (720) youths on Skill Acquisition, adding that many of them are already doing well in their chosen careers. He said the Council was doing this as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility.
