Nigeria: Craft Expo - First Lady Wants Full Devt of Crafts Industry

The First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan has urged governments at all levels, the private sector and other stakeholders in the art and craft industry to maximise the comparative advantage which the nation enjoys in the sector.

Speaking yesterday at the official opening ceremony of the 5th African Arts and Crafts Expo (AFAC 2012) in Abuja, the president's wife maintained that if well developed, arts and crafts industry of which women and youths are at the centre, has limitless opportunities and potentials in areas of job creation and revenue generation.

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