The Lagos All Progressive Congress candidate, Akinwunmi Ambode
has said that the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari as the
President-elect portends good omen for the development of arts,
entertainment and tourism in Nigeria.
Speaking through his Director of Communications, Steve Ayorinde, the APC candidate said Lagos State would benefit from an APC-led government at the federal level.
“The entertainment and tourism sectors will
benefit tremendously from an APC-led government at the centre from May
29. We are not talking about occasional monetary hand-outs to select
artistes. We are concerned about building enduring structures and
empowering creative artistes and producers who invest their time and
resources in these thriving sectors," he began.
Continuing, he said, “With an APC-led government at the centre and in Lagos, our aim is to work with the federal government to have the National Theatre
at Iganmu rehabilitated once and for all, and turn it into a profitable
base for artistes. We can extend similar thoughts to the National Museum and National Gallery of Arts. Those places should not be dead-ends.
"Yes,
they are Federal Government properties but they are in Lagos and an
APC-led government at the centre and in Lagos State will work in sync to
turn those places around. This is why it is of utmost importance that
Lagosians take advantage of this God-given victory of last Saturday to
vote to retain APC in Lagos State. We have waited for 16 years for this
to happen and we shouldn’t blow it now,” Ambode said.
He
added that one of his proposed flagship programmes, Project T.H.E.S.E,
aims at harnessing the hospitality, arts, entertainment and sport
sectors to further drive excellence in Lagos State.
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