A former federal lawmaker, Shehu Sani, has urged the administration of Bola Tinubu to accord some credit to former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, Godwin Emefiele, for the completion of the National Arts Theatre, Igamu.
The federal government had in July 2024 renamed the National Art Theatre after literary icon, Wole Soyinka.
Sani, however, pointed out that two Nigerians deserve mention – former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Emefiele.
“The renaming of the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu to The Wole Soyinka Centre for Arts and creative Arts is commendable,” he wrote on X.
“Credit should be given to Obasanjo for building the edifice for the Festac 77 and appreciation to Mr Godwin Emefiele for mobilising the Bankers committee to renovate it back to life after decades of neglect,” the former Kaduna lawmaker added.
President Bola Tinubu had in July 2024 renamed the theatre ‘Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts’ in honour of Nigeria’s Nobel Laureate, a guest of honour at the event.
Tinubu, speaking on Wednesday during the commissioning of the edifice, said the rebirth of the theatre would strengthen the promotion of arts, culture and the creative economy in the country.
He said it was renamed the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts in recognition of the laureate’s contributions to literature, freedom and nation-building.
National Arts Theatre: Give credit to Emefiele, Obasanjo – Sani tells Tinubu