The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the integration of traditional values and norms into the fabric of people’s daily life, to promote national unity and security through culture.
Mohammed gave the charge in Abuja on Thursday at the commemoration of the 2022 World Culture Day with the theme “Culture, National Unity and Security: Promoting National Unity and Security through Culture’’
The minister, who was represented by the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Mr Dikibujiri Seddon, said that without security, no nation could make any significant progress or achieve holistic growth and development.
According to him, culture is vital in promoting national unity and security and this assertion is premised on some broad perspectives.
According to him, “our culture is also embedded with core values such as respect, hospitality, good conduct, social cohesiveness and integration”.
He added that when these values came to bear, they would ultimately provide the basic platform that would enable people live in a peaceful, safe, secure and prosperous country.
“Culture also provides alternative dispute resolution channels. As such, it allows parties in a conflict to dialogue and work out solutions to a conflict through our traditional institutions.
