‘The creative industry has potential to save millions of Nigerian youths’
Tony Abulu is a global digital monetisation expert, an advocate of African creative industry and a film producer.


In this interview with CHIJIOKE IREMEKA, he says though the Federal Government appreciates the fundamental value of Nigerian Diaspora remittances currently at almost $35 billion yearly, the government has not been adequately informed on how it can easily direct the remittances to a specific International Money Transfer Organisation (IMTO) and simply monetise it to earn over $1billion annually. He also says the Nigerian creative industry has the potential to save over 100 million youths by creating viable employment for them. Excerpts:

The name Tony Abulu rings a bell, but because of those who are yet to know you, could you lead us through your family and professional backgrounds?
I’m Tony Abulu. I was born in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State. I’m from the family of Mr. Joseph Agbon and Mrs. Patstella Chinemogo Abulu. We used to live together in Zaria as a family with my three other siblings until my parents travelled to London for studies. While my father went for Engineering, my mother was studying Architecture.

Then, I was barely three years old. As a result, my siblings and I moved from Zaria to Lagos with my uncle, Charles Abulu, and grandmother, Princess Egyadame of Idumebo, Ekpoma, then Midwestern State. The train trip from Zaria to Lagos took three days. I attended St. Patrick’s Catholic Primary School, Yaba, Lagos.

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