Rex Omar has taken issue with the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture’s (MoTAC) talk about a thousand-seater amphitheatre in Kumasi, Ashanti Region.
“First and foremost, it is short-sighted,” he noted. “I heard him say it is because the artistes cannot fill a bigger space.”
Visibly worried, Omar argued that “if there is money to build the theatre,” it should not be done “just for today” but with the future in mind.
“We’re building an industry,” he stressed. “So let’s do it in such a way that [it can serve] musicians, comedians – for any other event – for even church services.
“Let’s build in such a way that it can take multitudes so that in the future, we will not need to spend on building another.”
The ‘Dangerous’ hitmaker asked the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Mark Okraku-Mantey to have a critical think and “come again because I don’t agree with him one bit.”
Rex Omar was with Nana Romeo on Accra 100.5 FM’s Entertainment Capital, Saturday, April 30, 2023.
He admitted knowledge of how it is “not easy for government to raise money to do some of these” projects “especially in this economy”.
However, the Highlife veteran maintained, “if it is true that the opportunity has come to undertake such a project, let’s do something once and for all.”
Also, “make up your mind,” the Ghana Music Rights Organization (GHAMRO) executive charged Mr Okraku-Mantey. “Today, it is this, tomorrow it is that. Today you say it’s a studio, now you say amphitheatre and you had nothing better to say than a thousand capacity amphitheatre.”
Mr Mark Okraku Mantey, the Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, cut the sod for the beginning of construction works on an amphitheater in Kumasi on April 27.
The amphitheater, described as one thousand-capacity state-of-the-art edifice, is expected to be completed in July. It is being constructed at the premises of the Centre for National Culture (CNC) in Kumasi.
Source: classfmonline.com
