Nat’l Theatre: Don’t Wipe Our History, Fashola Tells FG

[Shola Sholaz]

Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State, yesterday, condemned reported attempt by the Federal Government to convert the National Theatre into a five star hotel, saying "stop wiping away history."
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Fashola also stressed the need to allow private sector manage ports activities in the country.
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He, however, warned all property owners whose structure had turned to hideout for criminals, to develop it or risk losing such buildings to the government.
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Fashola, who spoke at the 2nd Lagos Corporate Assembly held at the Lekki Free Zone, LFZ, Ibeju- Lekki Local Council Development Area, LCDA, on BRF Meets Business, said the sale of the edifice would lead to erasing a heritage that had lasted for years.
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It will be recalled that the Federal Government had earlier issued a circular to the occupants of the 36- year-old edifice, to vacate the place within two weeks.
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Fashola said: "I heard that the National Theatre is up for sale. And I wondered which kind of people offer to buy the edifice and how they make the money.
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"If someone, who had visited the country in 1977 for FESTAC '77, come back and wanted to see the National Theatre, we would then say that it has been turned to a hotel."