Mark Okraku-Mantey, the Deputy Minister for Tourism, Arts & Culture has given an update on the NPP government’s promise of building large theatres for each region except for the Greater Region.
The Minister shared that the ministry has so far been engaging with various stakeholders to ascertain the best way of implementing this campaign.
According to him, the various engagements has revealed that it is best to provide halls that have the capacity to take few numbers.
Speaking to Happy FM’s Doctar Cann on the ‘Showbiz Xtra’ show, he said: “last year there was a media tour I embarked on and engaged people. As we speak, Notre dame is even burnt. The world is moving towards a prefab because it is relatively cheaper and it becomes multipurpose. Now, in Ghana, every event is held at Grand Arena or Fantasy Dome because that is how the world itself is going.”
He further revealed, “So the honourable minister asked if we should do the domes or renovate the cultural centre theatres. That is the feasibility studies we are doing at the moment. But my choice is to do the domes.”
In 2016, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) promised to build a large theatre for each region should they win power. In its manifesto, the NPP said, “Pursue the construction of modern large seating theatres in every regional capital except Accra, beginning with Takoradi, Tamale and Kumasi, as well as setting up an additional copyright office in Tamale to cater for the northern sector in addition to the existing ones in Accra and Kumasi.”.
In 2019, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia reiterated the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s campaign promise to build large seating event theatres in all regions of the country.
