IMBIBING CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION: A WAY OF ENHANCING SOCIO-POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF SOME NIGERIAN SECTORS

Abstract

Creativity is associated with the generation of ideas, innovations and solving of many human problems. It is chiefly associated with the arts and human society. It is believed to have aided in revolutionizing many modern cities we have today. In Nigeria, creativity is viewed by many as a thing for artists, thereby ignoring its vast potential that could be deployed to solve problems in other human fields such as medicine, food and nutrition, education, law, etc. This study focused on assessing the possibilities of creativity and innovation as vehicles for solving myriad problems in Nigeria such as corruption, ethnicity, underdevelopment, etc, using a creativity quadrat diagram developed by Getlein (2008), as a paradigm. The research methods applied were descriptive research design and literature review. The findings of this study revealed that creativity can be applied by artists, doctors, politicians, teachers, and in their various endeavours, to fast-track the socio-political, and economic development of Nigeria.