Nigeria, March 18 -- A Nigerian cultural advocate, Mudiare Onobrakpeya, has called on President Bola Tinubu to strengthen government support for the country's arts sector as he prepares to attend a Nigerian modernism exhibition at Tate Modern in London.

Mr Tinubu is scheduled to be the guest of honour at the Nigerian Modernism exhibition as part of his state visit to the United Kingdom between Tuesday, 17 and Thursday, 19 March.

The president and his wife, Remi Tinubu, will be hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Windsor Castle from Wednesday, 18, to Thursday, 19 March.

In an open letter on Tuesday, Mr Onobrakpeya called on Mr Tinubu's government to allocate a fixed percentage of public infrastructure budgets for art.

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