NIPSS Urges Bauchi To Harness Creative Economy For Job Creation

The National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, has identified Bauchi State as a strategic hub with the potential to drive rapid economic diversification in Nigeria.
The institute said the state’s growing creative economy, coupled with the ingenuity, resilience and enterprise demonstrated by local artisans, traders, small business operators and other entrepreneurs, presented significant opportunities for economic growth.
Director-General of NIPSS, Prof. Ayo Omotayo, stated this at the closing of the paper presentation and interaction session of the institute’s Senior Executive Course 48, 2026, local study tour in Bauchi.
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