The presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, will rehabilitate the National Theatre in Accra and build another one in Kumasi to support content creators in the region if he wins this year’s election.
Speaking at a meeting with a section of stakeholders in the creative industry in Kumasi on Tuesday, Mr. Mahama noted that the party made the promise in its 2020 manifesto and will ensure that the next NDC government fulfills it.
“In our 2020 manifesto, we promised to build Ghana’s second national theatre in Kumasi. We have not reneged on our promise, and we are repeating that if we come into power, we will build our second theatre in Kumasi,” he said.
John Mahama lamented the poor state of the National Theatre in Accra and revealed that the plan also includes modernizing the Theatre with state-of-the-art equipment to serve as a creative hub for artists nationwide.
“National Film theatre since the Chinese helped us to build under Rawlings’s time till now, it has not been rehabilitated.
“A lot of things are in bad shape at the theatre. The curtains cannot be drawn, and the stage is in bad shape, so it is time for us to rehabilitate the building so it can help the creative industry, he said.
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