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.