US Ambassador has only one advice for Nigeria’s creative industry, and it’s…

The US Ambassador to Nigeria W. Stuart Symington has urged the Nigerian creative industry to tell stories that put Africa in a positive light.

Mr. Symington gave the advise at a meet and greet session with key stakeholders in Nigeria’s entertainment industry organised by talent agency, Temple Management Company (TMC).

The Ambassador who attended the session with Consul General F. John Bray pointed out that intellectual property, not oil, not gas was the true strength of people.

“I have travelled the length and breadth of this great country, from Maiduguri to Lagos, from Kebbi to Calabar, and there are fantastic stories to tell,” Ambassador Symington said. “You are all in a unique position to carry the torch for this continent.”

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Present at the session included creative minds in the Nigerian entertainment space including actress Joke Silva, Eddie Lawani, musician Ade Bantu, BBN runner-up Bisola, actor OC Ukejie, rappers Falz and Phyno, actresses Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Rukky Sanda and Yinka Davis, playwright (Heartbeat) and screenwriter (The Wedding Party) Tosin Otudeko, singers Iyanya, Darey Art-Alade, Jeff Akoh and Sound Sultan, Comedian Bovi; beauty entrepreneur, Lola OJ, screen darlings Mimi Onalaja and Bolanle Olukanni and several personalities from the visual arts community.

Temple Management CEO, Idris Olorunnimbe, acknowledged the US Consul General’s foresight in recognising the increasingly influential role of the burgeoning creative sector.

“This has been a fruitful evening,” Olorunnimbe said. “Many of the Ambassador’s words foreshadowed the reasons why Temple was set up in the first place. We simply have to tell our own stories”, he said.

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