John Dramani Mahama, the Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has promised to rehabilitate the National Theatre in Accra and build a new one in Kumasi if his party wins the 2024 elections.
During a meeting with creative industry stakeholders in Kumasi on Tuesday, Mahama emphasized that this commitment, which was part of the NDC’s 2020 manifesto, will be fulfilled by the next NDC government.
He highlighted the importance of providing infrastructure to support content creators in the Ashanti Region and beyond.
“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 now, it has not been rehabilitated.
“A lot of things are in bad shape at the theatre. The curtains cannot be drawn, the stage is in bad shape and so it is time for us to rehabilitate the building so it can help the creative industry, he said. (Related article: Mahama calls on Kumasi creatives to support ‘Reset Ghana’ agenda)
