Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Abia State Chapter has joined other leading professional unions in the creative industry to endorse the South East Creative Economy Summit billed to hold in Umuahia, Abia State from 19th to 20th November, 2024.
Chairman of AGN, Abia State Chapter, Comrade David Amalaha pronounced the endorsement and full support of the Summit during the Chapter’s monthly meeting recently held in Umuahia.
According to him “In November 2023 this Executive organized a capacity building seminar that held at the Aguiyi-Ironsi Conference Centre, Umuahia. During the seminar, we promised to ensure that our members would benefit from more capacity building programs within and outside Abia State. This Summit is one of such programs and we are delighted to be part of it, especially as it is focused on the very important issue of intellectual property. We are therefore pleased to endorse the Summit and we are willing to partner with the organizers towards its success.”
In his address earlier, the Summit Coordinator and CEO of Ojemba Media and Entertainment Limited, Mr. Victor Nwokocha said that the Summit is themed ‘Intellectual Property, Entertainment Technology and Wealth Creation: Imperatives for Enhancing the South East Creative Economy’. He stressed that the Summit is not a mere talk shop but a serious capacity building program that would feature training sessions facilitated by renowned experts.
He further emphasized that the Summit is not only focused on creative industry practitioners but also on commercial users of copyright content, to enlighten them on the need for compliance with intellectual property laws.
Also speaking, the Summit Director of Programs, Mr. Peterson Agu remarked that the Summit serves as a congress of creative industry practitioners to seek ways to enhance the organizational structure of the South East Creative Industry, and evolve data-based blueprint to aid planning, investment, regulation and evaluation following statutory protocols at the national and sub-national levels.
He called on government agencies at the Federal and State levels, corporate organizations and well-meaning individuals across the South East to support the Summit which he said would encourage creative youth engagement, boost economic growth, promote peace and consolidate the Federal Government’s efforts towards building a robust non-oil economy.
