Senator Seriake Dickson recently hosted prominent Nollywood Movie Producer and Chairman Board of Trustees Association of Movie Producers of Nigeria, Chief Zeb Ejiro, OON, at his Toru Orua country home in Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.
The Sheikh as he is fondly called in the movie industry, because of his pioneering role in the industry, came to compare notes with the Senator on the Film School of the Department of Film and Multimedia Studies of Hensard University.
The institution is poised to have a training institution for Creative Arts that would enable young people to further key into this very critical and massive sector of the Nigerian economy, not yet fully tapped in this part of the country.
Senator Dickson is not leaving any stone unturned in his bid to encourage young people with love for Arts to identify with the department of Film and Multimedia Studies.
It is important to inform would be undergraduates that admission is ongoing and because of its importance, the Henry Seriake Dickson Foundation f has just concluded two aptitude tests with as it intends to award scholarships in that area.
He also encourages governments and institutions to toe that encouraging step into the massive industry, as the people of the region have the talent for it
Same day, he also received a prominent scientist, Dr. Nnaemeka Ndodo, a Molecular Bioengineer who is one of the leading scholars in the field of Biomolecular science, Former Chief Molecular Bioengineer, National Reference Laboratory of the National Center of Disease Control, who will be starting with Hensard University at the center for Genomics and Bioscience. The center and the University is poised to be a leading place of scientific research.
Parents and students with love for science are encouraged to be enrolled in the Faculty of Science.
