Mary Nnah
A celebrated Nigerian painter, printmaker, sculptor, Bruce Onabrakpeya has advised the Nigerian society to mentor the passion of the youths in order to secure their future.
Onabrakpeya made this assertion during an inaugural public art exhibition tagged: La Vie (Life) at Didi Museum, Lagos.
The exhibition had 26 creative paintings displayed by a 17-year-old girl, Ayomide Fadase, who is passionate about creativity and interested in charity.
Onabrakpeya urged government to recognise talents in the art who may not have funds to develop their talents by sponsoring and providing them the platform to showcase their talents.
“Government should award them scholarship, where expense for the workshop and institutions should be initiated for them to actualise their goal in life. Government needs to make it possible for talents like Ayo to learn, and harness their potentials”, he noted.