The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday expressed his ministry’s readiness to partner with the British Council on cultural orientation and development in the country.
Mohammed said this when the Country Director of the council, Mrs Connie Price, led a delegation on a visit to his office in Abuja.
He said the ministry wanted the council to assist in area of cultural orientation to positively change people's attitude towards discouraging corruption, impunity and indiscipline.
He minister requested the council to also assist in areas of capacity building, infrastructure development, digitization programme, women empowerment through cottage industries and revival of dead cultural industries.
According to him, the ministry needs the council to stem piracy in the film industry.
Mohammed said the partnership was imperative but it should be done in a cooperative manner.
Earlier, Price said that the UK Government had sustained its cordial relationship with the Federal Government.
She said the purpose of the visit was to discuss with the ministry and identify programmes that required the council’s intervention.
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