Wednesday, April 3
, Posted by Angel❤ at 8:41 PM
A LAGOS landmark is set for
a new status – if the Federal
Government succeeds in its
plan to find another use for
it. The 37-year-old National
Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos
Mainland is to be converted
into a five-star hotel. Minister of Tourism, Culture
and National Orientation
Edem Duke has given a two-
week quit notice to Federal
Government agencies at the
facility. Some of the agencies are
National Council for Arts and
Culture; Nigeria Gallery of
Arts; National Troupe of
Nigeria and an unnamed
agency. But some stakeholders have
rejected the plan, especially
the sudden quit notice given
to the agencies. They are saying the Federal
Executive Council did not
approve the proposal and
that a transaction advisor
was appointed without due
process. Other stakeholders also see
the plan as an attempt to
short-change the Southwest. The theatre was inaugurated
on September 30, 1976 by the
then Military Head of State,
General Olusegun Obasanjo. It was opened five months
before the hosting of the 2nd
World Black and African
Festival of Arts and Culture
(FESTAC ’77) in January/
February 1977. The Federal Government
unfolded its plan through a
March 18 letter the Minister
sent to some agencies,
including those that had been
directed to leave the edifice. Prior to the letter, it was
gathered that the minister
did not brief chief executives
of the parastatals under him
on the government’s plan. But the two-week quit
notice aroused the
stakeholders’ curiousity
about the project.
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