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The Ministry of Tourism, Arts, and Culture recently procured eight (8) air conditioners for the National Theatre to address the persistent ventilation needs of the facility.
Joy FM’s entertainment journalist Kwame Dadzie, who visited the National Theatre on Wednesday, July 10, 2024, reported that eight pairs of ten (10) horsepower air conditioners (16 pieces) had been provided to the centre.
This comes six months after the carpets at the National Theatre were also replaced following several complaints by some media personalities and entertainment critics in 2018.
But musician turned politician, Rex Omar has devalued the government’s efforts.
In an interview, he indicated that the provision of air conditioners in the theatre is nothing but mediocre, with his reason being that there is a central AC system in the auditorium so extra ones are not needed.
The Ghana Music Rights Organisation (GHAMRO) chairman asserted that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has different plans for rehabilitating the performance centre, unlike the NPP.
Rex Omar added that a John Mahama administration will renovate all art and cultural centres across the country and construct an all-new theatre centre in the Ashanti regional capital, Kumasi, after rehabilitating the Accra National Theatre.
“You heard John Mahama say that we’re going to rehabilitate all the centres for national culture in the regions. Secondly, we’re going to rehabilitate the National Theatre in Accra, and if we have financial availability, we’ll build the second theatre in Kumasi.”
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