The National Festival for Arts and Culture "NAFEST" also known a the "Unity Forum" is a yearly festival organized by the National Council for Arts and Culture in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Tourism, Culture and National Orientation. The 23rd edition of NAFEST comes up from Saturday, the 10th to Sunday the 18th of October, 2009 in Minna, Niger State with the theme: Culture and the Challenges of our time: Cultural Industries and Wealth Creation. It has amongst its objectives the following: an avenue for talent hunt; avenue for display of creativity, exchange of ideas, skills and technique acquisition and development; Avenue for promoting much cherished value of common understanding, peace, love and national unity; Avenue for celebrating, the best of our collective heritage.