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b. 1968
Obi Asika (born October 3, 1968) is the Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, NCAC. He was appointed on 12 January 2024 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
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It is an ongoing process. Your challenges are always the same: access to capital, try not to be too far ahead of the curve, I have always had that situation. So you are doing things that your environment really does not understand or is not ready for yet.
Leadership is not about popularity, which is one thing Nigerians need to understand. Leadership is responsibility, leadership is doing the right stuff and sometimes the right stuff is the hard stuff, it is not popular, but it is what needs to be done.
It is a confluence of a number of factors. There were people like me who were coming from strategic positions and believed that there was value in what our people do, and that value needed to be celebrated and put on a particular level.
Sometimes if you are lucky, you tap into the energy of your environment and your people, I am a firm believer in the confluence of culture and technology that is really where I am sitting right now. I believe that utilising technology to globalise our culture.
Most young Nigerians are focused on how to get a job, but entertainment becomes worthy of youth because it gives them an alternative expression. I think success in any aspect of life is measurable, and for me, success is not based on how much money you make but it is based on how much impact you have had.