The Proprietor and Director of Greater On a regular basis British Faculty, Agbor, Delta State, Dr. Raymond Imafidon, has praised two United Kingdom-based organisations—Johnson Group Assist Initiative (JCSI) and The Leap Bradford CIC—for advancing cultural ties between Nigeria and the UK by the maiden version of the Arts, Tradition and Heritage (ACH) Creatives Workshop 2025.
This was disclosed in assertion by Mr. Frederick Apeji, Nation Occasion Accomplice, JCSI ACH Creatives Program.
Talking throughout the faculty’s Cultural Day held on Tuesday, April 8, Dr. Imafidon expressed his appreciation to JCSI for choosing Greater On a regular basis British Faculty because the pioneer companion establishment for the ACH Creatives initiative in Nigeria. He additionally counseled The Leap Bradford CIC and its collaborators—Artistic Individuals and Locations, Arts Council England, and the Metropolis of Bradford Metropolitan District Council—for his or her help in implementing this system.
“We’re elated that our faculty was chosen to launch this impactful initiative,” Dr. Imafidon stated. “This workshop has proven our college students the huge alternatives within the Nigerian arts and tradition sector—not simply as a type of expression or leisure, however as a viable profession path.”
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He highlighted the importance of the keynote handle by Pastor Mike Okoh, an acclaimed arts and tradition knowledgeable and college lecturer, who urged college students to leverage their creativity to supply artworks with international relevance. In accordance with Dr. Imafidon, the varsity is now poised to determine an ACH Creatives Membership as a part of its dedication to sustaining the initiative.
In a digital goodwill message throughout the occasion, Mr. Akinwale Johnson Ogundipe, Govt/Artistic Director of JCSI, acknowledged that the aim of the workshop is to reorient Nigerian youths to see the artistic sector as a reputable and fulfilling skilled area.
“We would like college students to view the humanities, tradition, and heritage area—now globally recognised because the artistic business—as a profession avenue,” Ogundipe stated. “Every taking part faculty is inspired to determine a student-led and student-managed ACH Creatives Membership.”
The ACH Creatives Program, in line with its promoters, seeks to instill cultural appreciation amongst secondary faculty college students, present a platform for inventive expression and change, and help the formation of ACH Creatives Golf equipment in faculties nationwide.
Following its profitable rollout at Greater On a regular basis British Faculty in Agbor, JCSI plans to scale this system to different secondary faculties throughout Nigeria’s six geopolitical zones. The organisation is asking for collaboration with related federal companies such because the Federal Ministry of Artwork, Tradition, Tourism and the Artistic Economic system, and the Nationwide Council for Arts and Tradition to make sure nationwide attain and sustainability.
