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Okowa To Float Entertainment Trust Fund For Indigenous Creative Industry
Published Mar 23, 2023 IN News, Entertainment,
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 BY SUNDAY EGEDE 

DELTA State Governor, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa has promised to float Entertainment Trust Fund (ETF) that would oxygenate and stimulate the growth of the creative industry in the state. 

Governor Okowa made the promise at a town hall meeting with members of the Indigenous Creative Industry (ICI) in the state held in Asaba, the state capital. 

He said that he would ensure that a legislation on the creation of the Entertainment Trust Fund was passed by the State House of Assembly to give it (ETF) a legal backing. 

According to him, he would institute the foundational fund to kick start the Entertainment Trust Fund before he leaves office as governor of the state. 

“The entertainment trust fund is something that l believe is doable, it is something that l am going to try and initiate and ensure that a legislation on it is passed by the State House of Assembly 

“I will also try to institute the foundational fund to kick start it before l leave office. 

“I have seen the level of your organisation, l hope you will all stay together and that when we begin to apply the fund in assistance that people will also respect the fact that everybody cannot be attended to at the same time. 

“Therefore, the unions have a role to play in being able to help to manage these issues,” Governor Okowa while applauding members of the indigenous creative industry for being able to organise themselves decently and respectfully. 

He enjoined the leadership of the group to be pushful by applying a little more pressure in a polite manner to enable them achieve what they need, adding that they should not relent in their efforts to reposition the creative industry in the state. 

“So, l thank all of you; l accept my faults and l also believe that you have also realised that there is need to pressure a little more and don’t just put a little pressure and you withdraw, you pressure a little more in order to get to where you ought to get. 

“I thank God that we are truly able to have this interaction. Yes, it may appear late in the day but l think there are new lessons to be learnt. 

“And l think l still have the opportunity to relate my experiences and also to offer advice to Rt. Hon. Oborevwori so that he will be adequately guided when God makes him the governor of the state. 

“I don’t know that we have such an organised group put together by 2tins Entertainment. I congratulate you for being able to put the association together. Sometimes, it is not easy to put people together 

“We have tried to engage a lot of youths in so many entrepreneurial programmes but l think it didn’t occur to me that there are people who are already in the job who are having issues. That is the truth and l want to be truthful to you and l apologise for that.

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