Tinubu endorses AFRIMA 2025 as FG raises committee

President Bola Tinubu has endorsed the 2025 edition of the All Africa Music Awards, scheduled to hold in Lagos from November 25 to 30.

According to a statement shared with Saturday PUNCH, the theme of the event is “Unstoppable Africa.”

Tinubu’s endorsement came in response to a letter from the African Union Commission requesting Nigeria’s collaboration for the next edition of the prestigious awards show.

The statement said the Minister of Arts, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Hannatu Musawa, on Wednesday inaugurated an inter-ministerial Local Organising Committee to work with the host city, African Union and International Committee of AFRIMA to “plan and deliver a historic event.

The inter-agency LOC was inaugurated at the ministry’s headquarters on Wednesday in Abuja.

The statement said, members of the committee were drawn from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, Nigerian Film Corporation and the National Film and Video Censors Board.

Others included the Federal Ministry of Interior, National Council for Arts and Culture, representatives of AFRIMA and African Union Commission, among others.