For some women and youth in Oredo Federal Constituency, the recently organised skill acquisition training was not just rooted in their rich cultural heritage, but also provided them with an alternative source of income that would guarantee self-reliance, Chiemelie Ezeobi reports
When the Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilisation (CBAAC) was established, it was on the premise that it would promote African heritage and culture. Strategically, as a foremost cultural agency, CBAAC has a key mandate and plays a crucial role in making Nigeria the arrowhead in the presentation, preservation, promotion and propagation of African cultural heritage.
Recently, in consolidation of that, the centre collaborated with Hon Omoregie Ogbeide – Ihama, Chairman House Committee on Culture and Tourism, on the federal government’s Zonal Intervention Project, which was a three-day skill acquisition training on bead and soap making at Oredo Federal Constituency of Edo State.