General Manager, National Arts Theatre Complex, Iganmu, Lagos, Prof. Sunday Ododo, said the Federal Government remains committed to make the theatre a world-class monument.
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A statement issued in Lagos on Monday by Black Edge Artistic Director, Babatunde Abideen, said the four- day programme would take place from Wednesday, November 9 to Saturday, November 12, 2022 at the National Theatre, Iganmu.
The government clarified that it is merely renaming the complex housing the edifice.
The three-day capacity workshop by the BAGCRF was held at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos State
Ododo made the disclosure during a courtesy visit to his office by Ephraims Sheyin, Head of Lagos Operations of the News Agency of Nigeria.
Ododo told the News Agency of Nigeria that most of the jobs would come from the fields of music, movies, fashion and information technology.
Ododo spoke in Abuja on Wednesday when he paid a courtesy visit on the Managing Director of the News Agency of Nigeria, Buki Ponle.
Information obtained from CBN’s website on Sunday indicated that the MoU was signed between the committee and the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Muhammed.
Steph Ogundele, the Public Relations Officer of the National Theatre, told the News Agency of Nigeria, on Monday, that the oragnisation was compelled to comply with the order, which aimed to stave off the second wave of COVID-19 in the country and the increase in the number of cases in the state.
The fun seekers in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria lamented that there were no events such as film shows, musical events and fun activities including train rides for children among others at the complex.
After the Nigerian Civil war ended in 1970, there was the need for major infrastructural development in Lagos because it was both the commercial and administrative capital of Nigeria. The ports were bursting at the seams due to large imports of cement for the numerous construction works going on at the same time.
The facility’s Public Relations Officer, Steph Ogundele, in a statement to newsmen in Lagos on Tuesday, said the festival would rekindle the hope of Lagos residents as the nation recovers from COVID-19 pandemic.
Steve Ogundele, National Theatre spokesman, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday that the gigantic nature of the monument made it necessary for due diligence to be carried out before commencement of renovation.
The approval letter was conveyed to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, by Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, the Chief of Staff to the President, on Tuesday
The CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele, made the assertion at the official handover ceremony of the facility to the Bankers Committee for renovation on Sunday in Lagos.
The Minister stated this during the formal handover of the edifice and the adjoining 134-hectare fallow land to the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Bankers’ Committee in Lagos on Sunday
The Spokesperson of the National Theatre, Steph Ogundele, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the step was to make the place, noted for artistes’ convergence and public rendezvous, more attractive.
Some staff of the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, on Friday joined other Nigerians to mourn their late General Manager, Dr Stella Oyedepo.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Friday condoled with Dr Hezekiah Oyedepo over the death of his wife and General Manager of the National Theatre, Dr Stella Oyedepo.
The Senate has reaffirmed its commitment to the non-sale of the National Theatre, Tafawa Balewa Square and other national monuments.