Group Chief Executive Officer, Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc., Segun Agbaje, has described restoration of the National Theatre as a national pride.
This is as the Bankers Committee are about to unveil the upgraded facility at Iganmu, Lagos. He made the disclosure on behalf of the Committee yesterday at a media tour of the new-look National Theatre complex.
Speaking on the Bankers’ Committee’s restoration of the National Theatre, he said: “I don’t think there are many countries in Africa that have the talent that we have in entertainment and the arts. All you can do when you have talented people is to give them a platform to showcase their best.
The renovation began in July 2021 following approval by the Federal Government and the subsequent handover of the national edifice to the Bankers’ Committee.
The renovation covered different spaces, including the 4,000-seater main bowl, over 3,000 seater banquet hall, two exhibition halls, three cinemas, VIP spaces, actors’ changing rooms, industrial kitchen, over 300 new toilet cubicles, clinic, and a new fire station.
